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wrongful, a.|ˈrɒŋfʊl|
Also 5 wrangful.
[f. wrong n. + -ful.]
1. Full of wrong, injustice, or injury; marked or characterized by wrong, unfairness, or violation of equity; unfair.
c1311[see wrackful a.2]. 1338R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 211 Pandolf proued þe kyng, in his disputeson, He mayntend wrongfulle þing, & wild to no reson. 1390Gower Conf. I. 358 Of his wrongful herte he demeth That al is wel. c1445Pecock Donet 94 Þouȝ al þis lijf be foule, peynful,..vnkynde, wrongful. 1520Ld. J. Butler in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. II. 51 There is noo thinge so unjuste or so wrongfull but our Deputie here..wolde..suffer..the same. 1553R. Ascham Germany 10 This fact was very wrongfull of the Pope for the deede. 1608Yorksh. Trag. i. ii, Heape not wrongfull shame On her. 1697Dryden æneis vi. 581 Nor want they lots, nor judges to review The wrongful sentence. 1810Southey Kehama ii. iv, In that wrongful and upbraiding tone Kehama found relief. 1859I. Taylor Logic in Theol. 261 A wrongful policy may be maintained. 1879Tourgee Fool's Err. xl. 301 He regarded slavery simply as an unnatural and wrongful accident.
b. Of actions: Performed, executed, or done unjustly, unfairly, or harmfully; injurious, harmful; unjust.
c1325Spec. Gy Warw. 618 Þe kinde of þi manhede Wolde haue wreche of wrongful dede. 1390Gower Conf. I. 358 Thei wrongfull werres usen. c1400Love Bonavent. Mirr. (1908) 186 Ȝeuynge occasioun of offence..by envie, false couetise, and wrongful demynge. 1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) iv. viii. Q iv b, In suche maner that the stroke or the betynge after y⊇ ryght may be sayd cruell & wrongfull. a1586Sidney Arcadia ii. vi, Where daunger would offer to make any wrongfull threatning upon him. a1667Jer. Taylor (J.), He..must redeem his fault by alms, according to the value of his wrongful dealing. 1727Bailey (vol. II), Usurping, a wrongful taking that which is another's Right. 1839–40Wordsw. Sonn., ‘Fit retribution’ 5 She plants well-measured terrors in the road Of wrongful acts. 1877E. R. Conder Basis of Faith v. 203 Passion, prejudice, and corrupt self-interest make wrongful entrance.
†2. Of persons: That commits wrong; that does wrong or injustice to (or against) another. Cf. wrong a. 4. Obs.
1382Wyclif Luke xii. 58 Lest perauenture..the domesman bitake thee to the wrongful axere, and the wrongful axere sende thee in to prisoun. a1425Cursor M. 2204 (Trin.), Þis nembrot [was]..wrongful emperour, Robber & monqueller greet. Ibid. 11539 Wrooþ wex þat wrongful [v.r. wrangwis] kyng [= Herod]. 1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Rom. 25 It foloweth not that God is to any man wrongfull. Ibid. 1 Cor. 40 Yf we ryse not,..bothe you and I..are also founde wrongful agaynst god. a1586Sidney Ps. xxxviii. x, Mighty wrongfull foes, Who do evill for good. 1614R. Harris Samuels Funerall (1618) 22, I shall be wrongfull to conceale the other.
3. a. That is contrary to law, statute, or established rule; unlawful, illegal, tortious.
c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋567 To yeuen conseil to areysen wrongful custumes and taillages. 1459Paston Lett. I. 454 The wrongfull entre..made upon serteyn personys feffyd to myn use. 1483Nottingham Rec. (1883) II. 395 Þe seid forcible & wrongfulle entree punysshable grevously by your lawes. 1596Spenser State Irel. Wks. (Globe) 622/2 The wrongfull distrayning of any mans goodes. 1628Coke On Litt. 277 b, When an estranger that no right hath presenteth to a Church,..the wrongfull act..is called an Usurpation. 1729Jacob Law Dict. s.v. Trespass, They were the Goods of the Plaintiff, when the Taking will be wrongful. 1766Blackstone Comm. II. ix. 150 Unless the owner..will declare his continuance to be tortious, or, in common language, wrongful. 1844Macaulay Sp. 6 June (1854) 327 All the statutes of limitation..sanction possession which was originally wrongful. 1862Chambers' Encycl. III. 462/1 It was regarded as treason to the king, inasmuch as it was a wrongful detaining of his free liegeman. 1871Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) IV. xvii. 36 To charge Godric with wrongful occupation of the King's land.
b. Of persons: That is such without legitimacy or right; holding office, possession, etc., unlawfully or illegally; having no legal right or claim; = wrong a. 12.
1567Golding Ovid's Met. v. 60 In reuengement of the right against the wrongfull heyre. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxii. §19 Charge them we cannot as..wrongfull possessors of that whereunto they haue right. 1612Drayton Poly-olb. xii. 359 His..son..to death was lastly done, To set his rightful Crown upon a wrongful head. 1768Blackstone Comm. III. 263 Seizing the franchise, or ousting the wrongful possessor. 1835Dickens Sk. Boz, Greenwich Fair, There is a rightful heir..; and a wrongful heir, who loves her too.
†c. Unjustly detained. Obs. rare—1.
1596Spenser F.Q. v. viii. 27 The Prince..did of him requere That Damzell, whom he held as wrongfull prisonere.
†4. Of the nature of error; mistaken, incorrect, erroneous. Obs. rare.
c1470Cath. Angl. 424/2 (A.), Wrongfulle, erroneus. 1562Cooper Answ. Priv. Masse 113 To depende vpon your wrongefull interpretacion of Christes wordes. |