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Injustice

Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness; imposition.

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actus reus 76% connected

The act or omission that forms the physical part of a crime.

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Misconduct 76% connected

Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement.

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Wrongdoing 76% connected

Evil or wicked behavior or action.

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Inequity 76% connected

Want of equity; injustice; wrong.

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Wrong 76% connected

imp. of Wring. Wrung.

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Iniquity 92% connected

Absence of, or deviation from, just dealing; want of rectitude or uprightness; gross injustice; unrighteousness; wickedness; as, the iniquity of brib…

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Shabbiness 92% connected

The quality or state of being sghabby.

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Justice 94% connected

The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practi…

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Justice 94% connected

The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practi…

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Discretion noun · 86% connection

the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies

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Free will noun · 86% connection

the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies

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Illegality noun · 86% connection

unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute

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Infection noun · 86% connection

(international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure

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Jurisdiction noun · 86% connection

(law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law; "courts having jurisdiction in this district"

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Lawlessness noun · 86% connection

illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law

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Legal power noun · 86% connection

(law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law; "courts having jurisdiction in this district"

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Legality noun · 86% connection

lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute

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Non-canonicity noun · 86% connection

The quality or state of not being canonical, of not conforming to a general rule or common procedure.; "This holds minor literature ho…

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Outlawry noun · 86% connection

illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law

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Removability noun · 86% connection

The state of being able to be dismissed from office.; "The ‘democratic revolution’ emphasized the delegation of authority and the remo…

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Self-determination noun · 86% connection

determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion

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Suability noun · 86% connection

(law) liability to be sued.; "That case, and others in this court relating to the suability of States, proceeded upon the broad ground…

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Unconstitutionality noun · 86% connection

The status of being unconstitutional; of not being in accord with the provisions of the appropriate constitution.; "On April 2013 the…

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Validity noun · 86% connection

the quality of having legal force or effectiveness

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Validness noun · 86% connection

the quality of having legal force or effectiveness

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Quality noun · 85% connection

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare

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Water noun · 85% connection

a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"

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Algorithmic bias noun · 78% connection

A repeated unfair pattern in the decisions or outputs of an automated system.

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Casuistry adjective · 78% connection

The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the l…

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Certiorari noun · 78% connection

A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in…

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Chancery noun · 78% connection

In the Unites States, a court of equity; equity; proceeding in equity.

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Complaint noun · 78% connection

A formal allegation or charge against a party made or presented to the appropriate court or officer, as for a wrong done or a crime co…

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Crime noun · 78% connection

Gross violation of human law, in distinction from a misdemeanor or trespass, or other slight offense. Hence, also, any aggravated offe…

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Crying adjective · 78% connection

conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a gl…

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Dead adjective · 78% connection

Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one banished or becoming a monk is…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: want, justice, equity, violation, rights.
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Dishonesty noun · 78% connection

Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; any deviation from probity; a dishonest act.

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Disloyalty noun · 78% connection

Want of loyalty; lack of fidelity; violation of allegiance.

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Egregious adjective · 78% connection

conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a gl…

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Equitable adjective · 78% connection

That can be sustained or made available or effective in a court of equity, or upon principles of equity jurisprudence; as, an equitabl…

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