wrong
Webster Dictionary
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
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mislead
(mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray)
Princeton's WordNet
lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
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misdirect
(mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray)
Princeton's WordNet
lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
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lead astray
(mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray)
Princeton's WordNet
lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
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misguide
(mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray)
Princeton's WordNet
lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
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epistrophe
(ɪˈpɪs trə fi)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the repetition of a word or words at the end of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences, as in “I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong. &ellipsis;”
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sod's law
(Murphy's Law, Sod's Law)
Princeton's WordNet
humorous axiom stating that anything that can go wrong will go wrong
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murphy's law
(Murphy's Law, Sod's Law)
Princeton's WordNet
humorous axiom stating that anything that can go wrong will go wrong
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legal action
(legal action, action, action at law)
Princeton's WordNet
a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
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action at law
(legal action, action, action at law)
Princeton's WordNet
a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
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action
(legal action, action, action at law)
Princeton's WordNet
a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
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wrongly
Webster Dictionary
in a wrong manner; unjustly; erroneously; wrong; amiss; as, he judges wrongly of my motives
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wrong
Webster Dictionary
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
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misacceptation
Webster Dictionary
wrong acceptation; understanding in a wrong sense
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mislay
Webster Dictionary
to lay in a wrong place; to ascribe to a wrong source
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misname
Webster Dictionary
to call by the wrong name; to give a wrong or inappropriate name to
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abuse
Webster Dictionary
to put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to make an excessive use of; as, to abuse one's authority
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error
Webster Dictionary
a wandering or deviation from the right course or standard; irregularity; mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as, an error in writing or in printing; a clerical error
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wrongless
Webster Dictionary
not wrong; void or free from wrong
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seduction
Webster Dictionary
the act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; specifically, the offense of inducing a woman to consent to unlawful sexual intercourse, by enticements which overcome her scruples; the wrong or crime of persuading a woman to surrender her chastity
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tort
Webster Dictionary
any civil wrong or injury; a wrongful act (not involving a breach of contract) for which an action will lie; a form of action, in some parts of the United States, for a wrong or injury
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revenge
Webster Dictionary
to inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; -- followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before the wrong done or the wrongdoer
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moral
Webster Dictionary
relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules by which such intentions and actions ought to be directed; relating to the practice, manners, or conduct of men as social beings in relation to each other, as respects right and wrong, so far as they are properly subject to rules
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injury
Webster Dictionary
any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong, loss, damage, or detriment; harm; hurt; loss; mischief; wrong; evil; as, his health was impaired by a severe injury; slander is an injury to the character
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wrong
(ɔŋ, rɒŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
go wrong,
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misappropriate
(ˌmɪs əˈproʊ priˌeɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to put to a wrong use.
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disapprove
(disapprove)
Princeton's WordNet
consider bad or wrong
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grievance
(ˈgri vəns)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Obs. the act of inflicting a wrong.
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misstep
(ɪsˈstɛp)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a wrong step.
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miscall
(ɪsˈkɔl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to call by a wrong name.
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