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Wrong
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To impute evil to unjustly; as, if you suppose me capable of a base act, you wrong me.
(2):
imp. of Wring. Wrung.
(3):
(a.) Not according to truth; not conforming to fact or intent; not right; mistaken; erroneous; as, a wrong statement.
(4):
(a.) Not according to the laws of good morals, whether divine or human; not suitable to the highest and best end; not morally right; deviating from rectitude or duty; not just or equitable; not true; not legal; as, a wrong practice; wrong ideas; wrong inclinations and desires.
(5):
(a.) Not fit or suitable to an end or object; not appropriate for an intended use; not according to rule; unsuitable; improper; incorrect; as, to hold a book with the wrong end uppermost; to take the wrong way.
(6):
(a.) Designed to be worn or placed inward; as, the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth.
(7):
(adv.) In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly.
(8):
(v. t.) To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure.
(9):
(a.) Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose.
(10):
(a.) Nonconformity or disobedience to lawful authority, divine or human; deviation from duty; - the opposite of moral right.
(11):
(a.) Deviation or departure from truth or fact; state of falsity; error; as, to be in the wrong.
(12):
(a.) 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.
(13):
(a.) That which is not right.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Wrong'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/w/wrong.html. 1828.
