Wiktionary:Word of the day/2020/January 27

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iniquity n

(uncountable) Deviation from what is right; gross injustice, sin, wickedness. (countable) An act of great injustice or unfairness; a sinful or wicked act; an unconscionable deed. Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which marks the Holocaust that occurred during World War II – the genocide perpetrated on Jews and other people by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. It is also the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1945.

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