单词 | injustice |
释义 | injusticen. The opposite of justice; unjust action; wrong; want of equity, unfairness. With an and plural, An instance of this; an unjust act. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [noun] unrighteOE unrightnessOE unrightfulnessc1275 wrongousnessc1325 the wrongc1330 unequityc1380 injustice1390 unreasonc1390 wrongfulnessa1400 unskilfulnessc1410 unjustnessc1443 unevennessa1470 unjusticea1475 disreason1480 unreasonablenessc1515 inequity1556 iniquity1587 non-reason1597 unequalness1628 unfairness1713 wrongness1833 society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [noun] unrightnessOE unrightOE wronga1100 un-i-rightc1275 injustice1390 unreasonc1390 wrongfulnessa1400 unskilfulnessc1410 unjustnessc1443 unjusticea1475 disreason1480 unreasonablenessc1515 non-reason1597 wrongness1833 unconscionability1908 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 246 Speciall misgovernaunce Through covetise and injustice. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. BBvv Occasyon to condempne his prelate of iniustyce and iniquite. 1601 in T. G. Law Archpriest Controv. (1898) II. 177 The many iniustices of yor last edict. 1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. xl. 12 All briberie and iniustice shall be blotted out. View more context for this quotation 1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) II. xxix. 141 The Americans have been wronged. They have been driven to madness by injustice. 1839 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. vii. 102 The portrait prefixed to his ‘Speeches’ does him great injustice. 1879 H. Spencer Data of Ethics vii. §45. 122 The class-privileges which make injustices easy. DerivativesΚΠ a1618 W. Raleigh Prerogatiue Parl. (1628) 27 The Iustices of peace in England haue oppos'd the iniusticers of warre in England. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1390 |
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