wrong

n. [ AS. wrang. See Wrong, a. ] That which is not right. Specifically: (a) Nonconformity or disobedience to lawful authority, divine or human; deviation from duty; -- the opposite of moral right. [ 1913 Webster ]

When I had wrong and she the right. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

One spake much of right and wrong. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) Deviation or departure from truth or fact; state of falsity; error; as, to be in the wrong. (c) Whatever deviates from moral rectitude; usually, an act that involves evil consequences, as one which inflicts injury on a person; any injury done to, or received from; another; a trespass; a violation of right. [ 1913 Webster ]

Friend, I do thee no wrong. Matt. xx. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

As the king of England can do no wrong, so neither can he do right but in his courts and by his courts. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The obligation to redress a wrong is at least as binding as that of paying a debt. E. Evereth. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Wrongs, legally, are private or public. Private wrongs are civil injuries, immediately affecting individuals; public wrongs are crimes and misdemeanors which affect the community. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

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obs. imp. of Wring. Wrung. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. wrong, wrang, a. & n., AS. wrang, n.; originally, awry, wrung, fr. wringan to wring; akin to D. wrang bitter, Dan. vrang wrong, Sw. vrång, Icel. rangr awry, wrong. See Wring. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose. [ Obs. ] Wyclif (Lev. xxi. 19). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not according to the laws of good morals, whether divine or human; not suitable to the highest and best end; not morally right; deviating from rectitude or duty; not just or equitable; not true; not legal; as, a wrong practice; wrong ideas; wrong inclinations and desires. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not fit or suitable to an end or object; not appropriate for an intended use; not according to rule; unsuitable; improper; incorrect; as, to hold a book with the wrong end uppermost; to take the wrong way. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have deceived you both; I have directed you to wrong places. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Not according to truth; not conforming to fact or intent; not right; mistaken; erroneous; as, a wrong statement. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Designed to be worn or placed inward; as, the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Injurious; unjust; faulty; detrimental; incorrect; erroneous; unfit; unsuitable. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Wronged p. pr. & vb. n. Wronging. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that sinneth . . . wrongeth his own soul. Prov. viii. 36. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To impute evil to unjustly; as, if you suppose me capable of a base act, you wrong me. [ 1913 Webster ]

I rather choose
To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you,
Than I will wrong such honorable men. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who injures another, or who does wrong. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) One who commits a tort or trespass; a trespasser; a tort feasor. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Evil or wicked behavior or action. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who wrongs or injures another. Shak. “Wrongers of the world.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of wrong; injurious; unjust; unfair; as, a wrongful taking of property; wrongful dealing. -- Wrong"ful*ly, adv. -- Wrong"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]