INIQ'UITY, n. L. iniquitas in and oequitas, equity.
1. Injustice unrighteousness a deviation from rectitude as the iniquity of war the iniquity of the slave trade.
2. Want of rectitude in principle as a malicious prosecution originating in the iniquity of the author.
3. A particular deviation from rectitude a sin or crime wickedness any act of injustice.
Your iniquities have separated between you and your God. Isaiah 59
4. Original want of holiness or depravity.
I was shapen in iniquity. Psalms 51
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