单词 | unrightness |
释义 | unrightnessn. Wrong, wickedness; iniquity, injustice. Also: an instance of this. 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 OE (Northumbrian) Rushw. Gospels: Luke xiii. 27 Discidete a me omnes qui operamini iniquitatem : afearriað from me alle ðaðe wyrcað unrehtnisse. OE St. Andrew (Corpus Cambr.) in F. G. Cassidy & R. N. Ringler Bright's Old Eng. Gram. & Reader (1971) 214 Se haliga Andreas þa cwæþ to þam deofle: Ana þu heardeste stræl to æghwilcre unrihtnesse, þu þe simle fihtest wið manna cyn. lOE Canterbury Psalter xxxvii. 5 Iniquitates meae superposuerunt caput meum : mine unrihtnesse oferseton min heæfod. c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 134 Þei ben..forbodis of oure vniustnes, of oure vnriȝtnes anentis oure neiȝboris. 1643 T. Fuller Truth Maintained 54 Perfection is taken for integrity, sincerity, and unrightnesse opposite to inward hippocrisie. 1700 J. Richardson Canon of New Test. Vindicated 106 Let us examine the case a little, and see what Arguments can be produc'd for the unrightness and integrity of the Apostles after their Conversion. 1770 T. Amory Life John Buncle (new ed.) IV. 128 If truth and justice with unrightness dwell, And honesty consist in meaning well; If right be independent of success, And conquest cannot make it more nor less? 1868 Christian Pioneer Dec. 123/1 It is will, not power, that gives rightness or unrightness to our moral actions. 1951 B. de Jouvenel Ethics of Redistribution i. 26 The unrightness of under-consumption was matched by the unrightness of over-consumption. 2013 Gawker (Nexis) 6 Dec. It struck me more as an attack on mindless selfishness, greed and go-with-the-flow acceptance of the unrightness of the world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.OE |
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