wrong

Roget-categorie 923

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.4. Moral affections
›› 6.4.1. Moral obligations

#923. Wrong

zelfstandig naamwoord

wrong — what ought not to be, what should not be — malum in se [Lat.] — unreasonableness, grievance — shame.
injustice — tort [Law] — unfairness etc. adj. — iniquity, foul play.
partiality, leaning, bias — favor, favoritism — nepotism, party spirit, partisanship — bigotry.
undueness etc. 925 — wrongdoing (vice) 945 — unlawfulness etc. 964.
robbing Peter to pay Paul etc. v. — the wolf and the lamb — vice etc. 945.
a custom more honored in the breach than the a custom more honored in the breach than the observance" [Hamlet].

werkwoord

be wrong etc. adj. — cry to heaven for vengeance.
do wrong etc. n. — be inequitable etc. adj. — favor, lean towards — encroach upon, impose upon — reap where one has not sown — give an inch and take an ell, give an inch and take an mile — rob Peter to pay Paul.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

wrong, wrongful — bad, too bad — unjust, unfair — inequitable, unequitable^† — unequal, partial, one-sided — injurious, tortious [Law].
objectionable — unreasonable, unallowable, unwarrantable, unjustifiable — improper, unfit — unjustified etc. 925 — illegal etc. 964 — iniquitous — immoral etc. 945.
in the wrong, in the wrong box.

bijwoord

wrongly etc. adj..

uitdrukking

it will not do.

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