Wrong

Definition of Wrong

imp.	1.	imp. of Wring. Wrung.
a.	1.
	1.	Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose.
	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.
adv.	1.	In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly. Ten censure wrong for one that writes amiss. - Pope.
n.	1.	That which is not right. When I had wrong and she the right. - Chaucer. One spake much of right and wrong. - Milton.
	2.	Deviation or departure from truth or fact; state of falsity; error; as, to be in the wrong. 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.
v. t.	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.

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