iniquité

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iniquitas, iniquitatem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /i.ni.ki.te/
Rhymes: -e
Homophone: iniquités

Noun

iniquité f (plural iniquités)

iniquity
- 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche‎^{fr.Wikisource}, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter IV:
  [J]e suis le valeureux don Quichotte de la Manche, le défaiseur de torts et le réparateur d’iniquités.
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  ... I am the valiant Don Quixote of La Mancha, the undoer of wrongs and the repairer of iniquities.

Related terms

équité

Further reading

“iniquité” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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