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Examples of iniquity in a Sentence
the use of illegal narcotics is not only a destroyer of personal health but also an iniquity that undermines our society
a nation still struggling with the aftereffects of the iniquity of slavery
Recent Examples of iniquity from the Web
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Lift is a perfect avatar for the sort of iniquity that’s most highly rewarded in Silicon Valley and in capitalist circles well beyond the gates of Menlo Park, Cupertino, and Mountain View.
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To blame your own iniquities on someone else is unfair.
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And 2015’s A Bigger Splash relies on the den of iniquity on the island of Pantelleria in which its protagonists pursue their misbegotten fates.
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But the iniquity of the northern labor camps, the old Gulag, inspires reflections about wasted life.
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Despite its indignities and iniquities, commercial air travel is still a great leveler.
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In sports, though, there are many winning plays, and that goes for ways to protest iniquity as well.
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The Playboy Mansion’s history as a den of iniquity is true, but most of the more libidinous stories date from the distant past.
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Today, the red vinyl bar stools and movie star caricatures on the walls welcome you to into this dive-y den of iniquity.
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Origin and Etymology of iniquity
Middle English iniquite, from Anglo-French iniquité, from Latin iniquitat-, iniquitas, from iniquus uneven, from in- + aequus equal
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First Known Use: 14th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yeariniquity Synonyms
Synonyms
corruption, debauchery, depravity, immorality, iniquitousness, libertinism, licentiousness, profligacy, sin, vice;
Near Antonyms
honesty, honor, integrity, legitimacy, probity, rectitude, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, uprightness;
goodness, righteousness, virtuousness;
chastity, innocence, perfection, pureness, purity, spotlessness;
cleanness, correctness, decency, decorousness, propriety, rightness, seemliness;
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;
INIQUITY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of iniquity for English Language Learners
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: the quality of being unfair or evil
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: something that is unfair or evil
INIQUITY Defined for Kids
Definition of iniquity for Students
plural iniquities
: an evil or unfair act
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