Wrong
Wrong , imperfect
Wrong (?; 115) , adjective
[Old English wrong, wrang, a. & n., Anglo-Saxon wrang, n.; originally, awry, wrung, from wringan to wring; akin to Dutch wrang bitter, Danish vrang wrong, Swedish vrång, Icelandic rangr awry, wrong. See Wring.]
1.
Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose. [Obsolete] — Wyclif (Lev. xxi. 19)
2.
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.
3.
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.
I have deceived you both; I have directed you to wrong places.
4.
Not according to truth; not conforming to fact or intent; not right; mistaken; erroneous; as, a wrong statement.
5.
Designed to be worn or placed inward; as, the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth.
Wrong , adverb
In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly.
Ten censure wrong for one that writes amiss.
Wrong , noun
[Anglo-Saxon wrang. See Wrong, a.]
That which is not right.
(a)
Nonconformity or disobedience to lawful authority, divine or human; deviation from duty; -- the opposite of moral right.
When I had wrong and she the right.
One spake much of right and wrong.
(b)
Deviation or departure from truth or fact; state of falsity; error; as, to be in the wrong.
(c)
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.
Friend, I do thee no wrong.
As the king of England can do no wrong, so neither can he do right but in his courts and by his courts.
The obligation to redress a wrong is at least as binding as that of paying a debt.
Wrongs, legally, are private or public. Private wrongs are civil injuries, immediately affecting individuals; public wrongs are crimes and misdemeanors which affect the community. Blackstone.
Wrong (?; 115) , transitive verb
1.
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.
He that sinneth... wrongeth his own soul.
2.
To impute evil to unjustly; as, if you suppose me capable of a base act, you wrong me.
I rather choose
To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you,
Than I will wrong such honorable men.