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Wickedness vs Iniquity - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between wickedness and iniquity

is that wickedness is the state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality while iniquity is deviation from what is right; wickedness, gross injustice.

wickedness

English

(wikipedia wickedness)

Noun

(es)
  • The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.
  • * 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .
    • We speak of wickedness as something in the soul different from virtue.
  • A wicked or sinful thing or act; morally bad or objectionable behaviour.

    • Quotations

    * *: And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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    iniquity

    English

    Noun

    (iniquities)
  • Deviation from what is right; wickedness, gross injustice.
  • * 1994 , ,
    • The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.
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  • A wrongful act.
  • Absence of moral or spiritual values, lawlessness.
  • Denial of the sovereignty of God.