iniquity
Syllables: in·i·qui·ty/ɪnˈɪkwɪti/US/ɪnˈɪkwɪti/
iniquity noun: deviation from what is right; gross injustice, sin, wickedness.
Noun
iniquity (countable and uncountable, plural iniquities)
- 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...
- If you be ſo fond ouer her iniquity, giue her patent to offend, for if it touches not you, it comes neere no body.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act...
- Synonyms:
- baseness, depravity, perversion
- 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
- [A]s for the other [goat], which was the Scape Goat, he [Aaron] was to lay his hands on the head thereof, and by a confeſſion of the iniquities of the people, to lay them all on that head, and then by ſome opportune man, to cauſe the Goat to be led into the wilderneſſe, and there to eſcape, and...1651, Thomas Hobbes, “Of the Office of Our Blessed Saviour”, in Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill, London: […] [William Wilson] for Andrew Crooke...
iniquity meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
iniquity in Tamil
- iniquity
- அதிக்கிரமம் atikkiramam
iniquity in Urdu
- بےانصافی, گناہ, جرم, خطا, پاپ, سیاہ کاری
iniquity in Bengali
- চরম অন্যায়, পাপ
iniquity in Malayalam
- അന്യായം, അധർമ്മം, പാപം, അനീതി
More languagesFewer languages
- iniquity in Kannada
- ಕೇಡು, ತಪ್ಪು
Examples of iniquity in a sentence
- Nekhlúdoff awoke next morning feeling as if he had been guilty of some iniquity the day before.1900, Leo Tolstoy, “Lydia Shoústova’s Home”, in Louise Maude, transl., Resurrection: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, →OCLC...
- I would say that Slavery was an iniquity, and ought to be abolished.1853, Solomon Northup, chapter XIX, in [David Wilson], editor, Twelve Years a Slave. […], London: Sampson Low, Son & Co.; Auburn, N.Y....
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Forms of iniquity
| plural | iniquities |
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| alternative form | iniquitie |
Origin of iniquity
From Middle English iniquite, jniquite (“evil, wickedness, iniquity; evil act; hostility, malevolence; hostile act; a calamity, misfortune”), from Old French iniquité (modern French iniquité (“iniquity”)), from Latin inīquitās (“iniquity; inequality, unfairness; inequity, injustice”), from inīquus (“unequal, uneven, unfair; disadvantageous, unfavourable; hostile, unkind; unsuitable; wicked, wrong”) + -itās (variant of -tās (suffix forming a noun indicating a state of being)). Inīquus is derived from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + aequus (“equal; fair, impartial, just”). Piecewise doublet of inequity.
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Questions about iniquity
- What does iniquity mean?
- Iniquity means deviation from what is right; gross injustice, sin, wickedness.
- What is iniquity in Tamil?
- Iniquity in Tamil is அதிக்கிரமம் (atikkiramam). See Iniquity meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use iniquity in a sentence?
- Nekhlúdoff awoke next morning feeling as if he had been guilty of some iniquity the day before.
- What part of speech is iniquity?
- Iniquity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce iniquity?
- Iniquity is pronounced /ɪnˈɪkwɪti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of iniquity?
- The plural of iniquity is iniquities.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: iniquity (page history and authors); அதிக்கிரமம் (Tamil) (page history and authors); iniquity (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); iniquity (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); iniquity (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); iniquity (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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