Definition of Injustice

1. Noun. An unjust act.

Exact synonyms: Iniquity, Shabbiness, Unfairness
Generic synonyms: Actus Reus, Misconduct, Wrongdoing, Wrongful Conduct
Derivative terms: Shabby, Unfair

2. Noun. The practice of being unjust or unfair.
Exact synonyms: Unjustness
Generic synonyms: Unrighteousness
Specialized synonyms: Inequity, Unfairness, Wrong, Wrongfulness
Antonyms: Justice
Derivative terms: Unjust, Unjust, Unjust

Definition of Injustice

1. n. Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness; imposition.

Definition of Injustice

1. Noun. absence of justice ¹

2. Noun. violation of the rights of another person ¹

3. Noun. unfairness; the state of not being fair or just ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Injustice

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Injustice

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injustice (current term)
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Literary usage of Injustice

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle (1897)
"tarily, but he cannot be the voluntary victim of injustice. For nobody, not even the incontinent person, wishes to be hurt ..."

2. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1909)
"retreat the rest of mankind involved in lawlessness, finds himself happy if he can live his life here below pure from injustice and unholy deeds, ..."

3. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle, Robert Williams (1869)
"V. NEXT follows the consideration of Justice and of injustice,—with what actions it is that they are concerned, and in what sense it is that justice is a ..."

4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"••winy, attempted, however, to disguise their injustice by the imitation i «f judicial forms : the synod appointed an episcopal commission of six ..."

5. A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume (1888)
"Of justice and injustice. SECTION VI. Some farther reflections concerning justice and injustice. WE have now run over the three fundamental laws of nature, ..."

6. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1904)
"The law of 9 Brumaire in the Year VI (October 30,1797) couched in halting and indirect terms, wiped out this injustice as far as domaine ..."

7. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"If there is any doubt as to the real intention, an interpretation which plainly leads to injustice should be rejected, and one which conforms more to the ..."

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