- 1[uncountable] behavior that is not honest or morally acceptable Children must be taught the difference between right and wrong. Her son can do no wrong in her eyes.
- 2[countable] (formal) an act that is not legal, honest, or morally acceptable It is time to forgive past wrongs if progress is to be made. opposite right Idioms
responsible for an accident, a mistake, an argument, etc. The cab driver was clearly in the wrong. It took a lot of courage to admit that she was in the wrong.
to do something to correct an unfair situation or something bad that you have done
used to say that if someone does something bad to you, the situation will not be improved by doing something bad to them
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