iniquity

  • 31iniquity — in•iq•ui•ty [[t]ɪˈnɪk wɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) gross injustice or wickedness 2) a violation of right or duty; wicked act; sin • Etymology: 1300–50; ME < L inīquitās unevenness, unfairness =inīqu(us) uneven (in III+ īquus, comb. form of aequus …

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  • 32iniquity — /ɪˈnɪkwəti / (say i nikwuhtee) noun (plural iniquities) 1. gross injustice; wickedness. 2. a violation of right or duty; wicked action; sin. {Middle English iniquite, from Latin inīquitas injustice, from iniquus not equal, not just} …

  • 33iniquity — Want of justice. A judicial error; an error of the court or judge …

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  • 34iniquity — see EQUAL …

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  • 35iniquity — n. (pl. ies) 1 wickedness; unrighteousness. 2 a gross injustice. Derivatives: iniquitous adj. iniquitously adv. iniquitousness n. Etymology: ME f. OF iniquiteacute f. L iniquitas tatis f. iniquus (as IN (1), aequus just) …

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  • 36Son of Iniquity — The Son of Iniquity (sometimes called the Son of Perdition or the Antichrist) plays an important role in the battle of the end times and is geberally considered to be one of the agents of Satan. The role that the Son of Iniquity plays will be in… …

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  • 37den of iniquity — noun A place of immoral behavior, usually of a sexual type. Shet up! I snarled. Im jest payin yuh back for all the pain and humiliation I suffered in this den of iniquity …

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  • 38worker of iniquity — index criminal, delinquent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 39den of iniquity — Synonyms and related words: Babylon, Gomorrah, Sodom, bagnio, bawdyhouse, bordello, brothel, cathouse, crib, den, den of vice, disorderly house, dive, fleshpots, hellhole, hole, house of assignation, house of joy, house of prostitution, joint,… …

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  • 40den of iniquity — A young man visited his friend s home at dinner time. Upstairs the kids were yelling and screaming. The young man commented It sounds like the den of iniquity up there. Replied the father, Oh no, that s just the kids dividing up a pizza. It s… …

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