iniquity

in·iq·ui·ty

noun \-kwə-tē\

plural in·iq·ui·ties

Definition of INIQUITY

1

: gross injustice : wickedness

2

: a wicked act or thing : sin

Examples of INIQUITY

1. <the use of illegal narcotics is not only a destroyer of personal health but also an iniquity that undermines our society>
2. <a nation still struggling with the aftereffects of the iniquity of slavery>

Origin of INIQUITY

Middle English iniquite, from Anglo-French iniquité, from Latin iniquitat-, iniquitas, from iniquus uneven, from in- + aequus equal

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to INIQUITY

Synonyms

corruption, debauchery, depravity, immorality, iniquitousness, vice, libertinage, libertinism, licentiousness, profligacy, sin

Antonyms

morality, virtue

Related Words

bad, badness, blackness, evil, evildoing, ill, turpitude, villainy, wickedness, wrong; atrociousness, evilness, heinousness, sinfulness, unscrupulousness, viciousness, vileness, villainousness; devilry (or deviltry), fiendishness; corruptness, debasement, degeneracy, degeneration, depravedness, dissoluteness, dissolution; indecency, lasciviousness, lechery, lewdness, looseness, perversion, pervertedness, wantonness; abomination, anathema, taboo (also tabu); criminality, reprehensibleness; baseness, despicableness, dirtiness, lowness, meanness; lousiness, miserableness, wretchedness

Near Antonyms

good, right; honesty, honor, integrity, legitimacy, probity, rectitude, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, uprightness; goodness, righteousness, virtuousness; blamelessness; chastity, innocence, perfection, pureness, purity, spotlessness; cleanness, correctness, decency, decorousness, propriety, rightness, seemliness

Rhymes with INIQUITY

antiquity, obliquity, ubiquity