grievance
noun
- a circumstance thought to be unjust or injurious and ground for complaint or resentment
- complaint or resentment, or a statement expressing this, against a real or imagined wrong
- a complaint arising from circumstances or conditions relating to one's employment
- Obsolete
- the inflicting of injury or hardship
- a cause of injury or hardship
See grievance in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(grēˈvəns)
nouna. An actual or supposed circumstance regarded as just cause for complaint.
b. A complaint or protestation based on such a circumstance. See Synonyms at
injustice.
- Indignation or resentment stemming from a feeling of having been wronged.
- Obsolete
a. The act of inflicting hardship or harm.
b. The cause of hardship or harm.
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