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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Wrong

Wrōng, a.

adjective

(rŏng, 2), a. [Dan. vrang, Sw. vrang, wrong, false, Icel. rāngr, oblique, wrong, A-S. wrang, wrong, injury, L. Ger. & D. wrang, bitter; allied to wring, q. v.] 1. Not fit or suitable to an end or object; not appropriate for use; not according to rule; unsuitable; improper; mistaken; incorrect; as, the wrong side of a garment; to hold a book with the wrong end uppermost. I have deceived you both; I have directed you to wrong places. Shak.

  1. Not suitable to the highest and best end; not morally right; deviating from rectitude; not just or equitable; not right or proper; not legal; erroneous; as, a wrong practice; wrong ideas; wrong measures; wrong inclinations and desires; wrong judgment.
  2. Not according to truth; erroneous; as, a wrong statement.

Syn.—Injurious: unjust; faulty; detrimental; incorrect; erroneous; unfit; unsuitable.

Wrŏng, n.

noun

(rŏng), n. That which is not right; whatever deviates from moral rectitude; usually, an act that involves evil consequences, as one which inflicts injury on a person; any injury done to another; a trespass; a violation of right. Friend, I do thee no wrong. Matt. xx. 13. As the king of England can do no wrong, so neither can he do right but in his courts and by his courts. Milton. The obligation to redress a wrong is at least as binding as that of paying a debt. E. Everett. Wrongs are private or public. Private wrongs are civil-injuries, immediately affecting individuals; public wrongs are crimes and misdemeanors which affect the community. Blackstone. In the wrong, on the wrong side; not in the right; maintaining or defending injustice or error; in error.

Wrŏng, adv.

adverb

(rŏng), adv. Not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously. Ten censure wrong for one that writes amiss. Pope.

Wrŏng, v. t.

verbtransitive

(rŏng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. WRONGED; p. pr. & vb. n. WRONGING.] 1. To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to injure. He that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul. Prov. viii. 36. 2. To impute evil to unjustly; as, if you suppose me capable of a base act, you wrong me.