Definitions for iniquity

iniquity in·iq·ui·ty

Spelling: [ih-nik-wi-tee]
IPA: /ɪˈnɪk wɪ ti/

Iniquity is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 51 anagrams from letters in iniquity (iiinqtuy).

Definitions for iniquity

noun

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

Origin of iniquity

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

Examples for iniquity

I felt now that I might as well follow the iniquity to the end.

He now stood obstinately resolved to persevere in his iniquity.

The guerrillas also attacked the hotel, he says, because it was a den of iniquity in the eyes of the puritanical insurgency.

He read Borges and admired him, but the title of The Universal History of iniquity gave him an immediate jolt.

For my part, I call that downright countenancing of iniquity.

A cynic might question the use of religion as a landing pad when one is tumbling from a place of power into the abyss of iniquity.

He stormed legendary spots like Palladium and Tunnel, and turned them into strobe-lit dens of iniquity.

The young Arab spoke to the boards as though they were partners in his iniquity.

Residents of South Carolina divorce at a rate twice as high as for that den of iniquity, Washington, D.C.

The cup of their iniquity was full; or they had not fallen so signally, thus.

Word Value for iniquity
Scrable

20

Words with friends

21

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