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as in evils
that which is morally unacceptable
any reasonable person should be expected to know the difference between right and wrong
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as in injustices
unfair or inadequate treatment of someone or something or an instance of this
trying to right all the wrongs in the world
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Recent Examples of wrongs
D. Orlando Ledbetter, AJC.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Was this award created, to some degree, to right Emmy wrongs?
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026
As well as the opportunity to address his past wrongs and move forward.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Dec. 2025
Martinez did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday but shared a statement to his social media accounts over the weekend apologizing for the posts and committing to righting wrongs.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
By focusing on victims and assuring accountability for past wrongs, this approach seeks to disrupt recurring cycles of violence.
—Valerie Morkevicius, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025
Also in the column of righting historical wrongs?
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
Right now, that commission is tasked with investigating crimes, holding perpetrators accountable, compensating victims, and promoting reconciliation exclusively for wrongs committed by Assad’s regime.
—Salma Al-Shami, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2025
For legacy companies, there will often be lessons of what not to do and clues as to how to reconcile past wrongs with your vision for the future.
—Big Think, 1 Dec. 2025
Noun
Righting a couple of wrongs that everybody was talking about.
—D. Orlando Ledbetter, AJC.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Was this award created, to some degree, to right Emmy wrongs?
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026
As well as the opportunity to address his past wrongs and move forward.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Dec. 2025
Martinez did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday but shared a statement to his social media accounts over the weekend apologizing for the posts and committing to righting wrongs.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
By focusing on victims and assuring accountability for past wrongs, this approach seeks to disrupt recurring cycles of violence.
—Valerie Morkevicius, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025
Also in the column of righting historical wrongs?
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
Right now, that commission is tasked with investigating crimes, holding perpetrators accountable, compensating victims, and promoting reconciliation exclusively for wrongs committed by Assad’s regime.
—Salma Al-Shami, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2025
For legacy companies, there will often be lessons of what not to do and clues as to how to reconcile past wrongs with your vision for the future.
—Big Think, 1 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrongs
Noun
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Voters in primary elections may nominate extremists to run in the general election, leaving independents no choice but to vote for the lesser of two evils or to abstain from voting for either.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Nick, first buy a dictionary and then take a few courses in logic and the evils of bigotry.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Most City fans, like fans of all clubs, can similarly reel off some pretty significant injustices from over the years.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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Trump entered office in 2017 vowing to right the injustices caused by liberal globalists.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Perchlorate particularly harms infants and children by damaging thyroid function and lowering IQ, with contamination concentrated in the Southwest and East Coast.—
Michael Phillis,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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But bullying is a next-level threat that harms children on both sides of the conflict, with short term as well as long term consequences.—
Dr. Mahvash Madni,
Boston Herald,
4 Jan. 2026
Noun
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While working together on The Unit, David Mamet once told you that good drama isn’t a choice between good and bad; good drama is the choice between two bads.—
Max Gao,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Jan. 2025
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Reports out of fall camp haven’t been super favorable to their offense, and while the defense will, again, be top-notch, a team with this bad of an offense cannot be trusted.—
Austin Mock,
The Athletic,
19 Aug. 2024
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Although South Africa’s devastatingly high crime rate victimizes all the country’s inhabitants, white South Africans are overall less likely than Black citizens to be crime’s victims.—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Which draws the attention of another ghost, a French man with a stack of papers documenting the man’s sins.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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Whatever your preconceived notions about Feldman are, Hume’s film will expand and challenge them; the movie’s greatness lies in its ability to capture all of Feldman’s contradictions and self-destructiveness, empathizing with him without soft-pedaling his sins.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
Verb
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That fear that torments families.—
Morgan Phillips,
FOXNews.com,
15 Dec. 2025
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Decades before Pennywise torments the Loser's Club, members of the Maine Legion of White Decency, a white supremacist group, set fire to the Black Spot, a military speakeasy catering to Black patrons, with all of its revelers trapped inside.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The retrospection tortures her.—
Alexandra Rockey Fleming,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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Later, in one of the movie's most satisfying scenes, Millie locks Andrew in the attic and tortures him by loudly smashing each plate.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Dec. 2025
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“Wrongs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrongs. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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