Wrong /(?)/

1. imp. of Wring. Wrung. obs.

1. Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose. [Obs.]
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.

1. In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly.

   Ten censure wrong for one that writes amiss.

1. That which is not right.

   When I had wrong and she the right.

   One spake much of right and wrong.

2. Deviation or departure from truth or fact; state of falsity; error; as, to be in the wrong.

   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.

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.

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.