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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wrong \Wrong\, obs. imp. of {Wring}. Wrung. --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wrong \Wrong\ (?; 115), a. [OE. wrong wrang, a. & n., AS wrang, n.; originally, awry, wrung, fr wringan to wring; akin to D. wrang bitter, Dan. vrang wrong Sw vr[*a]ng, Icel. rangr awry, wrong See {Wring}.] 1. Twisted; wry; as a wrong nose. [Obs.] --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. --Shak. 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. Syn: Injurious; unjust; faulty; detrimental; incorrect; erroneous; unfit; unsuitable. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wrong \Wrong\, adv In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly. Ten censure wrong for one that writes amiss. --Pope. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wrong \Wrong\, n. [AS. wrang. See {Wrong}, a.] That which is not right Specifically: 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 --Chaucer. One spake much of right and wrong --Milton. 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 --Matt. xx 18. 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. Evereth. Note: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wrong \Wrong\ (?; 115), 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 deal unjustly with to injure. He that sinneth . . . 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 I rather choose To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you Than I will wrong such honorable men. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: . {Private nuisance} or {wrong}. See {Nuisance}. {Private soldier}. See {Private}, n., 5. {Private way}, a right of private passage over another man's ground. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: wrong adj 1: not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions" [syn: {incorrect}] [ant: {correct}, {correct}] 2: contrary to conscience or morality or law; "it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor"; "cheating is wrong"; "it is wrong to lie" [ant: {right}] 3: not appropriate for a purpose or occasion; "unsuitable attire for the office"; "said all the wrong things" [syn: {unsuitable}, {improper}] 4: not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "the telephone is out of order"; "what's the matter with your vacuum cleaner?"; "something is wrong with the engine" [syn: {amiss(p)}, {awry(p)}, {haywire}, {out of order(p)}, {the matter(p)}, {wrong(p)}] 5: not according with the facts; "unfortunately the statement was simply untrue"; "the facts as reported were wrong" [syn: {untrue}] 6: based on or acting or judging in error; "it is wrong to think that way" [ant: {right}] 7: not in accord with established usage or procedure; "the wrong medicine"; "the wrong way to shuck clams" 8: not conforming with accepted standards of propriety or taste; undesirable; "incorrect behavior"; "she was seen in all the wrong places"; "He thought it was wrong for her to go out to work" [syn: {inappropriate}, {incorrect}] 9: used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward; "socks worn wrong side out" 10: badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke" [syn: {ill-timed(a)}, {ill timed(p)}, {unseasonable}, {untimely}] n 1: that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law; "he feels that you are in the wrong" [syn: {wrongfulness}] [ant: {right}, {right}] 2: a legal injury is any damage resulting from a violation of a legal right [syn: {legal injury}, {damage}] adv : in an incorrect manner; "she guessed wrong" [syn: {incorrectly}, {wrongly}] [ant: {correctly}, {correctly}] v : treat unjustly; do wrong to [ant: {right}]
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