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inequity|ɪnˈɛkwɪtɪ|
[in-3. (The corresp. L. formation was inīquitās iniquity.)]
Want of equity or justice; the fact or quality of being unfair; unfairness, partiality.
1556J. Heywood Spider & F. lvii. 10 Equite, in all things..is a vertew pewre. Inequite, for wrong, no waie can make. 1682J. Scarlett Exchanges Pref. A ij, To discern between the justice and injustice, the equity and inequity of these Exchanges. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. VI. Index 614 Many of her statesmen confess its inequity and inexpediency. 1886Symonds Sidney iii. 48 The inequity and the political imprudence of freeing great nobles from burdens.
b. with pl. An unfair or unjust matter or action.
1857J. Pulsford Quiet Hours i. §1 Thine iniquities are in-equities. 1884H. Spencer in Contemp. Rev. July 38 Our system of Equity, introduced..to make up for the short-comings of Common-law, or rectify its inequities. |