iniquities

Noun

iniquity (countable and uncountable, plural iniquities)

1. (uncountable) Deviation from what is right; gross injustice, sin, wickedness.
   • And bycauſe our auncient enemye the Deuyl, who is the well and, ſpryng of iniquitie, and is not onely hymſelfe an homycide, a lyer, and and^([sic]) hater of the truth frõ the beginnyng: [...] Therefore like as we deſyre here to be delyuered from ſynne, ſo also we deſyre, that our heauenly father...1555 September 24, Edmonde Byshop of London [i.e., Edmund Bonner], “Thexposition or Declaration of the vii. and Last Peticion of the Pater Noster, which is: But Delyuer Vs from Euill. Amen.”, in A...

   Synonyms:

   baseness, depravity, perversion

2. (countable) An act of great injustice or unfairness; a sinful or wicked act; an unconscionable deed.
   • For this is an heinous crime, yea, it is an iniquitie to bee puniſhed by the Judges.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 31:11, column 2

   Synonyms:

   depravity, outrage, atrocity, infamy, turpitude, wickedness, wrong