01 n. Absence of, or deviation from, just dealing; lack of rectitude or uprightness; gross injustice; unrighteousness; wickedness; as, the iniqui…
pl.
Iniquities ((#))
-
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.“Till the world from his perfection fell Into all filth and foul iniquity.” — Spenser.
-
2.
An iniquitous act or thing; a deed of injustice or unrighteousness; a sin; a crime.“Your iniquities have separated between you and your God.” — Is. lix. 2.
-
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. See: Vice“Acts old Iniquity, and in the fit Of miming gets the opinion of a wit.” — B. Jonson.