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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Iniquity \In*iq"ui*ty\, n.; pl. {Iniquities}. [OE. iniquitee, F.
iniquit['e], L. iniquitas, inequality, unfairness, injustice.
See {Iniquous}.]
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1. Absence of, or deviation from, just dealing; lack of
rectitude or uprightness; gross injustice;
unrighteousness; wickedness; as, the iniquity of bribery;
the iniquity of an unjust judge.
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Till the world from his perfection fell
Into all filth and foul iniquity. --Spenser.
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2. An iniquitous act or thing; a deed of injustice or
unrighteousness; a sin; a crime. --Milton.
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Your iniquities have separated between you and your
God. --Is. lix. 2.
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3. A character or personification in the old English
moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of
one vice and sometimes of another. See {Vice}.
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Acts old Iniquity, and in the fit
Of miming gets the opinion of a wit. --B. Jonson.
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