iniquity
English
Etymology
From Middle English iniquite, from Old French iniquité, from Latin iniquitas, from iniquus (“unjust, harmful”), from in- + aequus (“equal”). Compare inequity.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈɪk.wɪ.ti/
Noun
iniquity (countable and uncountable, plural iniquities)
- Deviation from what is right; wickedness, gross injustice.
- 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act IV, sc. 1:
- If you are ſo fond ouer her iniquitie : giue her pattent to offend, for it it touch not you, it comes neere no body.
- 1611, King James Version, Job 15:15–16:
- Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
- 1994, Jules, Pulp Fiction,
- The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.
- 2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport):
- 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act IV, sc. 1:
- An unfair act or unconscionable deed.
- Hostility, malevolence, lawlessness.
- Denial of the sovereignty of God.
Translations
deviation from right
wrongful act
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lawlessness
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denial of sovereignty of God
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References
- “iniquity” (US) / “iniquity” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.
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