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Meaning of WRONGFUL

Pronunciation:  'rongful

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  not just or fair; "a wrongful act"; "a wrongful charge"
  2. [adj]  unlawfully violating the rights of others; "wrongful death"; "a wrongful diversion of trust income"
  3. [adj]  having no legally established claim; "the wrongful heir to the throne"
 
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 Synonyms: illegitimate, unjust, unlawful
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Wrong"ful\, a.
Full of wrong; injurious; unjust; unfair; as, a wrongful
taking of property; wrongful dealing. -- {Wrong"ful*ly}, adv.
-- {Wrong"ful*ness}, n.
 

 

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