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Definition of Grievance
1. Noun. A resentment strong enough to justify retaliation. "Settling a score"
Generic synonyms: Bitterness, Gall, Rancor, Rancour, Resentment
Derivative terms: Grudge
2. Noun. An allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice.
3. Noun. A complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action.
Definition of Grievance
1. n. 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.
Definition of Grievance
1. Noun. Something which causes grief. ¹
2. Noun. A complaint or annoyance; also a formal complaint. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grievance
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grievance
Literary usage of Grievance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1866)
"I believe that the Irish Church is no grievance at this moment, and that its removal
... Now is it a grievance 'i It certainly was a grievance not long ago. ..."
2. The Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament by Great Britain Parliament (1902)
"Deputation after deputation had waited on the Chief Secretary, who entirely agreed
with them as to the grievance and its remedy, but who washed his hands of ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"A new regulation adopted by a general grievance committee, the constituted
authority oi the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen to make regulations for the ..."
4. Contracting for Managed Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services: A Guide by Stephen Moss (2000)
"grievance and Appeals Procedures for Providers Rosenbaum and her colleagues'
analysis of State Medicaid managed care contracts found that most contracts, ..."
5. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"The second was the social grievance which grew out of the The social attempts of
the landlords to exact work from the laborer at ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1877)
"THE MAN WITHOUT A grievance. THE man with the grievance had got his chance at last.
His time had come. The hopes with which he came over to England, ..."
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