INIQUITY

= Iniquity :=


 * __Part Of Speech:__** noun


 * __Definition:__** an evil or wicked act


 * __Synonyms:__** Abomination; injustice; sin

__**Examples**__ The people of the Massachusetts Bay saw adultery as a iniquity ; they saw it as a capital crime, therefore the punishment for such an act was execution.

In //The Scarlet Letter// Hester Prynne commits a iniquity by committing adultery and having a bastard child.