iniquity

iniquity

wickedness; unrighteousness; evildoing, infamy, depravity; gross injustice: I have loved justice and hated iniquity; therefore, I die in exile.
Not to be confused with:inequity – unfairness; bias; favoritism: She treated her two sons with inequity.

in·iq·ui·ty

I0144700 (ĭ-nĭk′wĭ-tē)n. pl. in·iq·ui·ties 1. Gross immorality or injustice; wickedness.2. A grossly immoral act; a sin.

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[Middle English iniquite, from Old French, from Latin inīquitās, from inīquus, unjust, harmful : in-, not; see in-¹ + aequus, equal.]

iniquity

(ɪˈnɪkwɪtɪ) n, pl -ties1. lack of justice or righteousness; wickedness; injustice2. a wicked act; sin[C14: from Latin inīquitās, from inīquus unfair, from in-¹ + aequus even, level; see equal] inˈiquitous adj inˈiquitously adv inˈiquitousness n

in•iq•ui•ty

(ɪˈnɪk wɪ ti)

n., pl. -ties. 1. gross injustice or wickedness. 2. a violation of right or duty; wicked act; sin. [1300–50; Middle English < Latin inīquitās unevenness, unfairness =inīqu(us) uneven (in- in-³ + -īquus, comb. form of aequus even, equal) + -itās -ity]

iniquity

- Absence of moral or spiritual values or an unjust act, it is a combination of in-, "not," and aequus, "equal, just," from Latin.See also related terms for moral.

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inequity, iniquity - Inequity is "injustice, unfairness"; iniquity refers to "immorality, sin, wickedness."See also related terms for sin.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	iniquity - absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"dark, wickedness, darknesscondition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"foulness - disgusting wickedness and immorality; "he understood the foulness of sin"; "his display of foulness deserved severe punishment"; "mouths which speak such foulness must be cleansed"
	2.	iniquity - morally objectionable behavior evil, wickedness, immoralityevildoing, transgression - the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father"devilry, deviltry - wicked and cruel behaviorfoul play - unfair or dishonest behavior (especially involving violence)irreverence, violation - a disrespectful actsexual immorality - the evil ascribed to sexual acts that violate social conventions; "sexual immorality is the major reason for last year's record number of abortions"
	3.	iniquity - an unjust act injustice, shabbiness, unfairnessactus reus, wrongful conduct, misconduct, wrongdoing - activity that transgresses moral or civil law; "he denied any wrongdoing"

iniquity

noun wickedness, wrong, crime, evil, sin, offence, injustice, wrongdoing, misdeed, infamy, abomination, sinfulness, baseness, unrighteousness, heinousness, evildoing He rails against the iniquities of capitalism.
justice, virtue, integrity, goodness, morality, honesty, fairness, righteousness, uprightness

iniquity

noun1. That which is morally bad or objectionable:evil, peccancy, sin, wickedness, wrong.2. Lack of justice:inequity, injustice, unfairness, unjustness, wrong.3. A wicked act or wicked behavior:crime, deviltry, diablerie, evil, evildoing, immorality, misdeed, offense, peccancy, sin, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing.

Translations

不义行为

iniquity

(iˈnikwiti) – plural iˈniquities – noun (an act of) wickedness. 不義行為 不义行为