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Word of the Day – Iniquity

By June 22, 2023Word of the Day

Iniquity (noun)

in-ik-wit-ee

gross injustice or wickedness. / a violation of right or duty; wicked act; sin.

1300–50; Middle English Latin inīquitās unevenness, unfairness, equivalent to inīqu(us) uneven, unfair (in-in-3 + -īquus, combining form of aequus even, equal) + -itās-ity

Example sentences

“The world is full of iniquities and imbalances.”

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