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grievance
[ gree-vuhns ]
noun
- a wrong considered as grounds for complaint, or something believed to cause distress:
Inequitable taxation is the chief grievance.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- a complaint, as against an unjust or unfair act:
to have a grievance against someone.
- a feeling or belief that one has been wronged, oppressed, or is the victim of an injustice; resentment:
The conflict on campus was described as the result of racial grievance or victim culture, depending on who reported it.
grievance
/ ˈɡːəԲ /
noun
- a real or imaginary wrong causing resentment and regarded as grounds for complaint
- a feeling of resentment or injustice at having been unfairly treated
- obsolete.affliction or hardship
Other Word Forms
- ··Գ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of grievance1
Word History and Origins
Origin of grievance1
Idioms and Phrases
see air one's grievances .Example Sentences
Andrew Sarega, the attorney who was hired to oversee the city’s inquiry, said Huntington Park police investigators looked into Castillo’s residency months before she filed her grievance.
Besides brokering negotiations for private employers, the mediators handle worker grievances; train joint labor-management committees; appoint arbitrators if a dispute cannot be resolved; and assist with negotiation impasses in the federal sector.
From outside the White House and Tesla dealerships and at the centres of many cities, protesters expressed a variety of grievances.
Many Somalis have grown up hearing about the killings of close relatives in the name of past grievances or clan rivalries.
Two other team members also raised grievances about Ms Hoskins on 16 and 17 October, according to the documents, alleging "inappropriate sexual behaviour in the leisure club" between Ms Hoskins and the male colleague.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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