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wrength
English
Etymology
From Middle English wrength, which may derive from an unattested Old English *wrengþu (“unevenness, wrongness, inequity”) (from wrang (“wrong”)) or have been formed in Middle English from wrong on analogy with strong : strength and long : length (see -th); modern uses may be similarly analogical nonces.
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?ngth, IPA(key): /????/
- Rhymes: -???
Noun
wrength (uncountable)
- (rare and now nonstandard) The state or condition of being wrong; wrongness; wrongfulness.
- 1823, Ringan Gilhaize, The covenanters, by the author of Annals of the parish:
- Those who would exalt themselves by abetting the strength of the Godless, and the wrength of the oppressors.
- 1905, Juvenile Nonfiction
- [...] Wrong is short-lived, and right must vanquish at length, If, scorning the wrong, we do others no wrength.
- 2012, Amber McRee Turner, Sway:
- "Dad," I said, "this isn't an in-between, is it?" "This isn't an in-between," He said. "Honestly, Cass, I'm at a loss for what to call this." "I know exactly what to call it," I said. "Wrength." "Wrength?" "Wrongness." In fact, the way I saw it, Mom had invented a whole new level of wrongness. A bad so bad that wrength might not even be capable of describing it. [...]"
- 1823, Ringan Gilhaize, The covenanters, by the author of Annals of the parish:
Related terms
- wrong
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English *wrengþu (“wrongfulness”), from Old English wrang (“wrong”), or formed in Middle English from wrong +? -th on analogy with strength and length.
Noun
wrength (plural wrengths)
- The state or quality of being wrong, wrongfulness, injustice; crookedness; distortion.
- c1220, Bestiary 85 in Old Eng. Misc. 3:
- Ðanne goð he to a ston, & he billeð ðer-on, Billeð til his bec biforn haueð ðe wrengðe forloren.
- c1220, Bestiary 85 in Old Eng. Misc. 3:
Descendants
- Scots: wrength
- English: wrength
Scots
Etymology
1823, from wrang, wrong (“wrong”), formed on analogy with strength (from strong), length (from long) by R. Gilhaize Galt, or from Middle English wrength (“wrongfulness”). More at wrong.
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?ngth, IPA(key): /r???/
Noun
wrength (plural wrengths)
- wrongfulness, injustice
Related terms
- wrong
References
- William Graham, The Scots Word Book, "injustice", 1980.
- Notes:
wrength From the web:
injustice
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French injustice, from Latin iniustitia. Equivalent to in- +? justice.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?n?d??s.t?s/
Noun
injustice (countable and uncountable, plural injustices)
- Absence of justice; unjustice.
- Violation of the rights of another person or people.
- Unfairness; the state of not being fair or just.
Usage notes
- Injustice and unjust use different prefixes, as French injustice was borrowed into English, while unjust was formed as un- + just. The spelling injust, from French injuste, is very rarely used, and unjustice, from un- + justice, is nonstandard.
Synonyms
- justicelessness
- unjustice (nonstandard)
- wrong
- wrength
Related terms
- just
- justice
- unjust
- injust, injustly (rare)
Translations
French
Etymology
From Old French, borrowed from Latin ini?stitia, inj?stitia, from iniustus (“unjust”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.?ys.tis/
Noun
injustice f (plural injustices)
- injustice
Related terms
- justice
- injuste
Further reading
- “injustice” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
Verb
injustice
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of injustiçar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of injustiçar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of injustiçar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of injustiçar
injustice From the web:
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- what injustices were they responding to
- what injustice is god responding to
- what injustice is king referencing
- what injustices were perpetuated by the constitution
- what injustices were happening in the 60s
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