wrong
/ˈɹɔŋ/ noun C2- Something that is immoral or not good. · Injustice is a heinous wrong.
- An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer).
- The incorrect or unjust position or opinion.
- The opposite of right; the concept of badness.
Plural wrongs
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“As to taking command of the vessel,” replied Morrel, “that was his duty as captain’s mate; as to losing a day and a half off the Island of Elba, he was wrong, unless the vessel needed repairs.”
“No, you are all wrong,” said the little man meekly.
“You people with hearts,” he said, “have something to guide you, and need never do wrong; but I have no heart, and so I must be very careful.
No, for I think he never liked me since the day when I was silly enough, after a little quarrel we had, to propose to him to stop for ten minutes at the island of Monte Cristo to settle the dispute—a proposition which I was wrong to suggest, and he quite right to refuse.
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