iniquitousness
State of depravity
The quality of being grossly unjust or wicked.
Iniquitousness is the noun form of iniquitous, carrying the same sense of profound moral wrongness: The iniquitousness of the regime became impossible to ignore.
The word is formal and somewhat rare, with iniquity serving the same purpose more commonly.
Profound moral corruption
- turpitudeInherent wickedness or vileness
- viceBad habit or deputy
- wickednessMoral corruption or evil
- vilenessDespicable quality
baseness · degeneracy · perversion · nefariousness · reprobation · sinfulness · immorality · profligacy
Active ill will
- villainyCriminal or evil behavior
- maliceIntent to cause harm
- atrocityUnforgivable mass cruelty
- heinousnessExtreme moral reprehensibility
brutality · barbarity · sadism · cruelty · monstrosity · ruthlessness · savagery · viciousness
Violation of divine law
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
apostasy · desecration · defilement · impiety · profanity · ungodliness · irreligion · abomination
Unjust differential treatment
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
bias · wrongdoing · unfairness · partiality · favoritism · disparity · tyranny · subjugation
Corrupt payment for influence
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- graftIllicit political gain
- extortionObtaining through threats
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
kickback · nepotism · cronyism · malfeasance · racketeering · collusion · profiteering · money laundering
depravity
Profound moral corruption
- turpitudeInherent wickedness or vileness
- viceBad habit or deputy
- wickednessMoral corruption or evil
vileness · baseness · degeneracy · perversion · nefariousness · reprobation · sinfulness · immorality · profligacy · dissipation
malevolence
Active ill will
heinousness · brutality · barbarity · sadism · cruelty · monstrosity · ruthlessness · savagery · viciousness · mercilessness
sin
Violation of divine law
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
heresy · apostasy · desecration · defilement · impiety · profanity · ungodliness · irreligion · abomination · impurity
discrimination
Unjust differential treatment
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- exploitationSelfish use of others
prejudice · bias · wrongdoing · unfairness · partiality · favoritism · disparity · tyranny · subjugation · disenfranchisement
bribery
Corrupt payment for influence
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- graftIllicit political gain
- extortionObtaining through threats
fraud · kickback · nepotism · cronyism · malfeasance · racketeering · collusion · profiteering · money laundering · misappropriation
iniquitousnessrighteousness
Moral correctness or virtue
virtue · goodness · morality · rectitude · uprightness
equity, equitable, iniquity, inequity, inequitable, iniquitous, inequitably, iniquities