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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
iniquity \iniq"uity\, n.; pl. iniquities. oe. iniquitee, f.
iniquit'e, l. iniquitas, inequality, unfairness, injustice.
see iniquous.
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1. absence of, or deviation from, just dealing; lack of
rectitude or uprightness; gross injustice;
unrighteousness; wickedness; as, the iniquity of bribery;
the iniquity of an unjust judge.
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till the world from his perfection fell
into all filth and foul iniquity. --spenser.
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2. an iniquitous act or thing; a deed of injustice or
unrighteousness; a sin; a crime. --milton.
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your iniquities have separated between you and your
god. --is. lix. 2.
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3. a character or personification in the old english
moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of
one vice and sometimes of another. see vice.
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acts old iniquity, and in the fit
of miming gets the opinion of a wit. --b. jonson.
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see also:
iniquities iniquous vice
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