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grievance
('gr/i/v/@/ns )

noun (n)

  • a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation(noun.feeling)
    Synonym:
    grudge, score
    source: wordnet30
  • an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice(noun.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action(noun.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • 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)
    source: webster1913
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