iniquity

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɪkwɪti/
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• General-American: /ɪnˈɪkwɪti/
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• General-American: /-kwə-/
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• General-American: [-ɾi]
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• rhymes with -ɪkwɪti
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N IH1 K W IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English iniquite, jniquite (“evil, wickedness, iniquity; evil act; hostility, malevolence; hostile act; a calamity, misfortune”), from Old French iniquité (modern French iniquité (“iniquity”)), from Latin inīquitās (“iniquity; inequality, unfairness; inequity, injustice”), from inīquus (“unequal, uneven, unfair; disadvantageous, unfavourable; hostile, unkind; unsuitable; wicked, wrong”) + -itās (variant of -tās (suffix forming a noun indicating a state of being)). Inīquus is derived from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + aequus (“equal; fair, impartial, just”). Piecewise doublet of inequity.

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: неправда (nepravda) — deviation from what is right — see also sin, wickedness
• Catalan: iniquitat — deviation from what is right — see also sin, wickedness
• Dutch: afdwaling — deviation from what is right — see also sin, wickedness
• Dutch: misdaad — deviation from what is right — see also sin, wickedness
• French: iniquité — deviation from what is right — see also sin, wickedness
• German: Frevel — deviation from what is right — see also sin, wickedness
• Greek: αδικία (adikía) — deviation from what is right — see also sin, wickedness
• Hebrew: עָוֺן ('avón) — deviation from what is right — see also sin, wickedness
• Irish: urchóid — deviation from what is right — see also sin, wickedness
• Italian: empietà — deviation from what is right — see also sin, wickedness
• Manx: aggair — deviation from what is right — see also sin, wickedness
• Portuguese: iniquidade — deviation from what is right — see also sin, wickedness
• Russian: несправедли́вость (nespravedlívostʹ) — deviation from what is right — see also sin, wickedness
• Russian: зло (zlo) — deviation from what is right — see also sin, wickedness
• Spanish: iniquidad — deviation from what is right — see also sin, wickedness
• Amharic: በደል (bädäl) — act of great injustice or unfairness
• Bulgarian: простъпка (prostǎpka) — act of great injustice or unfairness
• Catalan: iniquitat — act of great injustice or unfairness
• Dutch: misdaad — act of great injustice or unfairness
• French: iniquité — act of great injustice or unfairness
• German: Gräueltat — act of great injustice or unfairness
• German: Missetat — act of great injustice or unfairness
• Greek: αδικία (adikía) — act of great injustice or unfairness
• Norwegian Bokmål: misgjerning — act of great injustice or unfairness
• Norwegian Nynorsk: misgjerning — act of great injustice or unfairness
• Russian: гну́сность (gnúsnostʹ) — act of great injustice or unfairness
• Russian: просту́пок (prostúpok) — act of great injustice or unfairness
• Russian: прегреше́ние (pregrešénije) — act of great injustice or unfairness
• Spanish: iniquidad — act of great injustice or unfairness
• Ottoman Turkish: عدالتسزلك (ʼadaletsizlik) — act of great injustice or unfairness