INIQUITY


Meaning of INIQUITY in English

in ‧ iq ‧ ui ‧ ty /ɪˈnɪkwəti, ɪˈnɪkwɪti/ BrE AmE noun ( plural iniquities ) [uncountable and countable] formal

[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: iniquité , from Latin , from aequus 'equal' ]

the quality of being very unfair or evil, or something that is very unfair

iniquity of

He went on and on about the iniquities of bourgeois oppression.

They were trying to protect their son from iniquity.

⇨ den of iniquity at ↑ den (6)

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