iniquity
Word family adjectiveiniquitousadverbiniquitouslynouniniquityiniquitousness
in·iq·ui·ty /ɪˈnɪkwəti/ noun (plural iniquities) [countableC, uncountableU] formal UNFAIRthe quality of being very unfair or evil, or something that is very unfair 极不公正;邪恶;不公正的事iniquity of He went on and on about the iniquities of bourgeois oppression. 他没完没了地述说资产阶级压迫的罪恶。
They were trying to protect their son from iniquity. 他们竭力保护儿子免受不公正待遇。
→ den of iniquity at den(6) Origin iniquity (1200-1300) Old French iniquité, from Latin, from aequus “equal”