injury

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Use injury in a sentence

This person has an injury to their hand.

noun

Injury is defined as harm to a person or thing.

An example of an injury is breaking your leg in a soccer game.
An example of an injury is hurting someone’s reputation.

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injury

noun

pl. -·ries

physical harm or damage to a person, property, etc.
an injurious act; specif.,
1. an offense against a person's feelings, dignity, etc.
2. loss in value inflicted on a business, reputation, etc.
3. a violation of rights; wrong
Obs. an insult

Origin of injury

Middle English iniurie from Classical Latin injuria from injurius, wrongful, unjust from in-, not + jus (gen. juris), right, justice: see just

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injury

noun

pl. in·ju·ries

Damage or harm done to or suffered by a person or thing: escaped from the accident without injury; a scandal that did considerable injury to the campaign.
A particular form of hurt, damage, or loss: a leg injury.
Law Violation of the rights of another party for which legal redress is available.
Obsolete An insult.

Origin of injury

Middle English injurie from Anglo-Norman from Latin iniūria a wrong, injustice from feminine of iniūrius unjust in- not ; see in- ¹. iūs iūr- law ; see yewes- in Indo-European roots.

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injury

See also pain.

lapidation the process or act of pelting with stones, sometimes as a form of execution. octogild Anglo-Saxon Law. payment for an injury, calculated at eight times its real or estimated value. traumatism 1. any abnormal condition, either pathological or psychological, caused by wound or injury, either physical or psychological. 2. the trauma, wound, or injury itself. —traumatic, adj.

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Noun

(plural injuries)

damage to the body of a human or animal
The passenger sustained a severe injury in the car accident.
violation of a person, their character, feelings, rights, property, or interests
Slander is an injury to the character.
(archaic) injustice

Verb

(third-person singular simple present injuries, present participle injurying, simple past and past participle injuried)

(obsolete) To wrong, to injure.

Origin

From Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”).

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injury - Legal Definition

n

A violation of rights, or harm inflicted on an individual, for which damages or relief may be sought in court.

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injury - Medical Definition

n.

Damage, harm, or loss, as from trauma.
A particular form of hurt, damage, or loss.

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