Wronging

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wrong \Wrong\ (?; 115), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wronged}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Wronging}.]
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     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.


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              He that sinneth . . . wrongeth his own soul. --Prov.
                                                    viii. 36.
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     2. To impute evil to unjustly; as, if you suppose me capable
        of a base act, you wrong me.
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              I rather choose
              To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you,
              Than I will wrong such honorable men. --Shak.
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