Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: iniquity
IPA transcription: [,ɪn'ɪkwɪti]
Pronunciations of iniquity
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: injustice, unfairness, iniquity, shabbiness
    Meaning: an unjust act
  • Synonyms: evil, immorality, wickedness, iniquity
    Meaning: morally objectionable behavior
  • Synonyms: iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark
    Meaning: absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"
Usage examples
  • You may spend your monthly allowance as an agent of iniquity or of truth.
  • The legislator cannot plead ignorance as an excuse for upholding a glaring iniquity.
  • "Can that creature who has still preserved the purity of her spirit be consciously drawn at last into that sink of filth and iniquity?
  • The mysteries of the sanctuary of iniquity must be unveiled, the tables of the old alliance broken, and all the objects of the ancient faith thrown in a heap to the swine.
  • O Varuna, whatever the offence may be That we as men commit against the heavenly folk, When through our want of thought we violate thy laws, Chastise us not, O god, for that iniquity.
  • Nor were his good wishes in vain; for the pious labourer in the spiritual field reaped therein a great harvest of believers, delivering all that province (according to the inner signification of his name) from long iniquity and unhappiness, and bringing it to the faith and works of righteousness, and the gifts of everlasting happiness.
  • The great and important advantage which the party gained by Strafford's death, may in some degree palliate the iniquity of the sentence pronounced against him: but the execution of this old, infirm prelate, who had so long remained an inoffensive prisoner, can be ascribed to nothing but vengeance and bigotry in those severe religionists by whom the parliament was entirely governed.
  • Their eyes of compassion, of real sentimental affection, will be involuntarily extended after them, in their greatest excesses of iniquity; and those fine filaments of consanguinity, which gently entwine themselves around the heart where filial love and parental care is equal, will be lengthened, and enlarged to cords seemingly of sufficient strength to reach and reclaim the wanderer.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Song of Innocence, License CC BY-SA 4.0