iniquity
gross injustice or wickedness.
a violation of right or duty; wicked act; sin.
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Origin of iniquity
1Other words for iniquity
Words that may be confused with iniquity
- inequity, iniquity
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How to use iniquity in a sentence
This is not because small platforms are always pleasant places – many are dens of iniquity – but rather because they are easy to leave and easy to replace, and the harms they generate do not usually spill over into wider society.
As society’s awareness of its iniquity and imbalances grows, media companies are belatedly trying to make their operations more diverse and equitable.
‘Holding ourselves accountable’: BBC Future Planet takes steps toward carbon neutrality | Max Willens | May 10, 2021 | DigidayHe stormed legendary spots like Palladium and Tunnel, and turned them into strobe-lit dens of iniquity.
The Party Monster Lives For the Applause: Michael Alig’s Second Act | Caitlin Dickson | February 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe read Borges and admired him, but the title of The Universal History of iniquity gave him an immediate jolt.
Residents of South Carolina divorce at a rate twice as high as for that den of iniquity, Washington, D.C.
Marianne Gingrich Interview Casts Doubts on Newt’s New Image | Margaret Carlson | January 20, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
The guerrillas also attacked the hotel, he says, because it was a den of iniquity in the eyes of the puritanical insurgency.
Exclusive: Taliban Boast About Kabul Hotel Attack | Sami Yousafzai, Ron Moreau | June 29, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTA cynic might question the use of religion as a landing pad when one is tumbling from a place of power into the abyss of iniquity.
For better is the iniquity of a man, than a woman doing a good turn, and a woman bringing shame and reproach.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousBe not very angry, O Lord, and remember no longer our iniquity: behold, see we are all thy people.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousFor the greatness of thy iniquity, thy nakedness is discovered, the soles of thy feet are defiled.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousAnd because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.
His Last Week | William E. BartonEven so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
His Last Week | William E. Barton
British Dictionary definitions for iniquity
/ (ɪˈnɪkwɪtɪ) /
lack of justice or righteousness; wickedness; injustice
a wicked act; sin
Origin of iniquity
1Derived forms of iniquity
- iniquitous, adjective
- iniquitously, adverb
- iniquitousness, noun
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