great wrong

Frequency: 6.58.2 per million words

a significant or serious injustice

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Examples (10)

  • History is replete with examples of great wrongs committed in the name of power.
  • The community demanded justice for the great wrong done to their ancestors centuries ago.
  • Ignoring such widespread suffering would be a great wrong in itself, a moral failure.
  • He felt a great wrong had been done to him by the unfair judicial verdict.
  • It is our collective duty to prevent a great wrong like this from ever happening again.
  • The investigative report exposed the great wrongs perpetrated during the conflict.
  • Many believed that denying basic human rights was a great wrong that could not be justified.
  • Can society ever truly atone for such a great wrong that impacted generations?
  • The new government promised to address the great wrongs of the past regime.
  • To allow this blatant injustice to stand would be a great wrong to future generations.