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  Iniquity \In*iq"ui*ty\, 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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  Vice \Vice\, n. [F., from L. vitium.]
     1. A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection;
        as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a
        horse.
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              Withouten vice of syllable or letter. --Chaucer.
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              Mark the vice of the procedure.       --Sir W.
                                                    Hamilton.
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     2. A moral fault or failing; especially, immoral conduct or
        habit, as in the indulgence of degrading appetites;
        customary deviation in a single respect, or in general,
        from a right standard, implying a defect of natural
        character, or the result of training and habits; a harmful
        custom; immorality; depravity; wickedness; as, a life of
        vice; the vice of intemperance.
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              I do confess the vices of my blood.   --Shak.
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              Ungoverned appetite . . . a brutish vice. --Milton.
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              When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway,
              The post of honor is a private station. --Addison.
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     3. The buffoon of the old English moralities, or moral
        dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice, sometimes
        of another, or of Vice itself; -- called also Iniquity.
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     Note: This character was grotesquely dressed in a cap with
           ass's ears, and was armed with a dagger of lath: one of
           his chief employments was to make sport with the Devil,
           leaping on his back, and belaboring him with the dagger
           of lath till he made him roar. The Devil, however,
           always carried him off in the end. --Nares.
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                 How like you the Vice in the play?
                 . . . I would not give a rush for a Vice that has
                 not a wooden dagger to snap at everybody. --B.
                                                    Jonson.
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     Syn: Crime; sin; iniquity; fault. See Crime.
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  Iniquity \In*iq"ui*ty\, n.; pl. Iniquities. [OE. iniquitee, F.
     iniquit['e], L. iniquitas, inequality, unfairness, injustice.
     See Iniquous.]
     1. Absence of, or deviation from, just dealing; want of
        rectitude or uprightness; gross injustice;
        unrighteousness; wickedness; as, the iniquity of bribery;
        the iniquity of an unjust judge.
  
              Till the world from his perfection fell Into all
              filth and foul iniquity.              --Spenser.
  
     2. An iniquitous act or thing; a deed of injustice o?
        unrighteousness; a sin; a crime. --Milton.
  
              Your iniquities have separated between you and your
              God.                                  --Is. lix. 2.
  
     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.
  
              Acts old Iniquity, and in the fit Of miming gets the
              opinion of a wit.                     --B. Jonson.

  Vice \Vice\, n. [F., from L. vitium.]
     1. A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection;
        as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a
        horse.
  
              Withouten vice of syllable or letter. --Chaucer.
  
              Mark the vice of the procedure.       --Sir W.
                                                    Hamilton.
  
     2. A moral fault or failing; especially, immoral conduct or
        habit, as in the indulgence of degrading appetites;
        customary deviation in a single respect, or in general,
        from a right standard, implying a defect of natural
        character, or the result of training and habits; a harmful
        custom; immorality; depravity; wickedness; as, a life of
        vice; the vice of intemperance.
  
              I do confess the vices of my blood.   --Shak.
  
              Ungoverned appetite . . . a brutish vice. --Milton.
  
              When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The
              post of honor is a private station.   --Addison.
  
     3. The buffoon of the old English moralities, or moral
        dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice, sometimes
        of another, or of Vice itself; -- called also Iniquity.
  
     Note: This character was grotesquely dressed in a cap with
           ass's ears, and was armed with a dagger of lath: one of
           his chief employments was to make sport with the Devil,
           leaping on his back, and belaboring him with the dagger
           of lath till he made him roar. The Devil, however,
           always carried him off in the end. --Nares.
  
                 How like you the Vice in the play? . . . I would
                 not give a rush for a Vice that has not a wooden
                 dagger to snap at everybody.       --B. Jonson.
  
     Syn: Crime; sin; iniquity; fault. See Crime.

  iniquity
       n 1: absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of
            darkness" [syn: wickedness, darkness, dark]
       2: morally objectionable behavior [syn: evil, immorality, wickedness]
       3: an unjust act [syn: injustice, unfairness]

  iniquity
     Αγγλικά n.
     η ανομία, η αδικία, η κακοήθεια

  iniquity
     alt.
     (l en iniquitie) (qualifier: obsolete)
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) deviation from what is right#Adjective;
  gross#Adjective injustice, sin#Noun, wickedness.
     2 (lb en countable) An act#Noun of great#Adjective injustice or
  unfairness; a sinful or wicked#Adjective act; an unconscionable
  deed#Noun.

  iniquity
     alt.
     (l en iniquitie) (qualifier: obsolete)
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) deviation from what is right#Adjective;
  gross#Adjective injustice, sin#Noun, wickedness.
     2 (lb en countable) An act#Noun of great#Adjective injustice or
  unfairness; a sinful or wicked#Adjective act; an unconscionable
  deed#Noun.

  iniquity
     alt.
     (l en iniquitie) (qualifier: obsolete)
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) deviation from what is right#Adjective;
  gross#Adjective injustice, sin#Noun, wickedness.
     2 (lb en countable) An act#Noun of great#Adjective injustice or
  unfairness; a sinful or wicked#Adjective act; an unconscionable
  deed#Noun.

  iniquity
     alt.
     (l en iniquitie) (qualifier: obsolete)
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) deviation from what is right#Adjective;
  gross#Adjective injustice, sin#Noun, wickedness.
     2 (lb en countable) An act#Noun of great#Adjective injustice or
  unfairness; a sinful or wicked#Adjective act; an unconscionable
  deed#Noun.

  iniquity
     Englanti n.
     epäoikeudenmukaisuus, vääryys

  iniquity
     Engelska n.
     orättfärdighet, orättvisa

  Iniquity /ɪnˈɪkwɪti/
  الظلم

  iniquity //-kwə-// //ɪnˈɪkwɪti// /[-ɾi]/ 
  1. простъпка
  act of great injustice or unfairness
  2. неправда
  deviation from what is right

  iniquity /ɪnˈɪkwɪti/ 
  nespravedlnost

  iniquity /ɪnˈɪkwɪti/ 
  ničemnost

  iniquity /ɪnˈɪkwɪti/ 
  nespravedlivost

  iniquity /ɪnˈɪkwɪti/ 
  hanebnost

  iniquity /ɪnˈɪkwɪti/
  Unbill  [geh.] , Ungerechtigkeiten , Übel , üble Behandlung 

  iniquity /ɪnˈɪkwɪti/
  nepravda, zloba

  iniquity /ɪnˈɪkwɪti/
  1. gonoszság
  2. romlottság
  3. bûn

  iniquity /ɪˈnɪkwɪtɪ/ 
    niegodziwość

  iniquity /ɪnˈɪkwɪti/ 
  iniqüidade

  iniquity /ɪnˈɪkwɪti/
  1. günah
  2. kötülük
  3. haksızlık, adaletsizlik.

  
/ˌɪˈnɪkwɪti/

  INIQUITY. Vice; contrary to equity; injustice. 
       2. Where, in a doubtful matter, the judge is required to pronounce, it 
  is his duty to decide in such a manner as is the least against equity. 
  
  

  71 Moby Thesaurus words for "iniquity":
     abomination, atrocity, bad, breach, crime, crime against humanity,
     deadly sin, delinquency, dereliction, diablerie, disgrace,
     enormity, error, evil, failure, fault, felony, genocide,
     guilty act, heavy sin, illegality, improperness, impropriety,
     indiscretion, inequitableness, inequity, inexpiable sin, infamy,
     iniquitousness, injury, injustice, knavery, lapse, malefaction,
     malfeasance, malum, minor wrong, misdeed, misdemeanor, misfeasance,
     mortal sin, nonfeasance, obliquity, offense, omission, outrage,
     peccadillo, peccancy, reprobacy, scandal, shame, sin,
     sin of commission, sin of omission, sinful act, slip, tort,
     transgression, trespass, trip, undueness, unjustness, unlawfulness,
     unmeetness, unutterable sin, venial sin, villainy, wrong,
     wrongdoing, wrongfulness, wrongness
  
  

  n. 不正,不法,不正当行为;

     n. 不正,不法,不正当行为