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iniquity

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In order to ameliorate iniquity, you have to steal.

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Quick take

absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"

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noun

absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"

noun

morally objectionable behavior

noun

an unjust act

Definitions

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Example sentences

1

In order to ameliorate iniquity, you have to steal.

2

Find an example of someone sacked from Wired for plagiarism and run a compare/contrast of their iniquity vs. this one.

3

In it he repents and confesses his sins to God, saying, "blot out my transgressions", "wash me thoroughly from my iniquity", "from my sin cleanse me", and "purge my sin".

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It's half the fun of the internet that we can hang out in the worst neighborhoods of all, the very dens of crime and iniquity and blah blah blah, and yet stand no risk whatsoever of actually being mugged.

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> iniquity,accidentally relevant typo> but it is also a very special hell created by the powers that werenot very special, though.. so many improverished/war-torn nations have a similar story with different character names.

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Sexism starts with a cultural attitude that ignore the issue of micro-iniquity: it starts as a mental construction based on conscious or unconscious value wrongly bestowed to the members of some broad cultural category: it's this fallacy that needs to be removed.

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Support for the “radical transparency” concept that made Wikileaks famous receded in favor of a referendum on the political and sexual iniquity of Julian Assange: many activists today are more concerned with who than what and find nuance, contradiction, and double-meaning repulsive.

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How do you use iniquity in a sentence?

In order to ameliorate iniquity, you have to steal.

What does iniquity mean?

absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"

What part of speech is iniquity?

iniquity is commonly used as noun.