- Wrong
- Wrong 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}.
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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]
Note: 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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
