Grievance

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An actual or supposed circumstance regarded as just cause for complaint.
  • noun. A complaint or protestation based on such a circumstance.
  • noun. Indignation or resentment stemming from a feeling of having been wronged.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act of inflicting hardship or harm.
  • noun. The cause of hardship or harm.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A cause of grief or distress; a wrong inflicted by another or others; a source or occasion of annoyance or hardship.
  • noun. Grief; affliction.
  • noun. Discomfort; pain.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. Grieving; grief; affliction.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Something which causes grief.
  • noun. A wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint.
  • noun. A complaint or annoyance.
  • noun. A formal complaint, especially in the context of a unionized workplace.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice
  • noun. a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action
  • noun. a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
  • Word Usage
    "As Len Untereiner says, the main grievance is with the actual perpetrators of the harm and sexual abuse."
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