n.; pl. Iniquities [ OE. iniquitee, F. iniquité, L. iniquitas, inequality, unfairness, injustice. See Iniquous. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] Till the world from his perfection fell Into all filth and foul iniquity. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. An iniquitous act or thing; a deed of injustice or unrighteousness; a sin; a crime. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] Your iniquities have separated between you and your God. Is. lix. 2. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] Acts old Iniquity, and in the fit Of miming gets the opinion of a wit. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ] |