grievance
[ gree-vuhns ]
/ ˈgri vəns /
noun
a wrong considered as grounds for complaint, or something believed to cause distress: Inequitable taxation is the chief grievance.
a complaint or resentment, as against an unjust or unfair act: to have a grievance against someone.
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Origin of grievance
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grievance
/ (ˈɡriːvəns) /
noun
a real or imaginary wrong causing resentment and regarded as grounds for complaint
a feeling of resentment or injustice at having been unfairly treated
obsolete affliction or hardship
Word Origin for grievance
C15 grevance, from Old French, from grever to grieve 1
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grievance
c.1300, "state of being aggrieved," from Old French grevance "harm, injury, misfortune, trouble, suffering," from grever "to harm, to burden" (see grieve). In reference to a cause of such a condition, from late 15c.
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grievance
see air one's grievances.
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