wronged party

collocation in English

meaningsofwrongandparty

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wrong
adjective
uk
/rɒŋ/us
/rɑːŋ/
not ...
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party
noun
uk
/ˈpɑː.ti/us
/ˈpɑːr.t̬i/
a social event at which a group of people meet to talk, eat, drink, dance, etc., often in order to celebrate a ...
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(Definition ofwrongandpartyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwronged party

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But it does not oblige thewrongedpartyto forgive the wrongdoer.
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Reparation entails that goods are restored to thewrongedparty.
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I would argue instead that a debt remains a debt unless something can be given in reparation to thewrongedparty.
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As such, repentance does not pay back any loss to thewrongedparty.
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And punishment, on his account, clearly entails the legitimate possibility of a wrongdoer's being deprived of goods even if no benefit accrues thereby to thewrongedparty.
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Indeed, financial compensation to thewrongedpartyrather than punishment of the wrongdoer is often more acceptable to thewrongedparty.
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It is unjust to thewrongedpartywho wishes to remain married and also unjust to the children.
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At present husbands and wives living together cannot steal from one another unless the offender is "leaving or deserting or about to leave or desert" thewrongedparty.
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It was said to be employed as a method by which awrongedpartycould supernaturally avenge himself.
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Pardoning again does not qualify as forgiveness because it can be granted by those other than thewrongedparty.
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Collins was ironically listed as thewrongedpartyin the indictments of the conspirators.
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