grievance



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


Grievance \Griev"ance\, n. [OF. grevance. See Grieve, v. t.]
   1. A cause of uneasiness and complaint; a wrong done and
      suffered; that which gives ground for remonstrance or
      resistance, as arising from injustice, tyranny, etc.;
      injury.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Grieving; grief; affliction.
      [1913 Webster]

            The . . . grievance of a mind unreasonably yoked.
                                                  --Milton.

   Syn: Burden; oppression; hardship; trouble.
        [1913 Webster]














Feedback Form