Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - injustice
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Injustice
injustice
~ n 1 a situation in which people are treated very unfairly and not given their rights (the injustice of slavery | innumerable injustices against the black population) 2 do sb an injustice to judge someone's character unfairly (It would be doing Brett an injustice to say that he didn't care about other people.)
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(injustices) 1. Injustice is a lack of fairness in a situation. They’ll continue to fight injustice... N-VAR 2. If you say that someone has done you an injustice, you mean that they have been unfair in the way that they have judged you or treated you. The article does them both an injustice. PHRASE: V inflects ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin injustitia, from injustus unjust, from in- + justus just Date: 14th century 1. absence of justice ; violation of right or of the rights of another ; unfairness 2. an unjust act ; wrong Synonyms: ~, injury, wrong, grievance mean an act that inflicts undeserved hurt. ~ applies to any act that involves unfairness to another or violation of one's rights the ~s suffered by the lower classes. injury applies in law specifically to an ~ for which one may sue to recover compensation libel constitutes a legal injury. wrong applies also in law to any act punishable according to the criminal code; it may apply more generally to any flagrant ~ determined to right society's wrongs. grievance applies to a circumstance or condition that constitutes an ~ to the sufferer and gives just ground for complaint a list of employee grievances. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a lack of fairness or justice. 2 an unjust act. Phrases and idioms do a person an injustice judge a person unfairly. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L injustitia (as IN-(1), JUSTICE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. несправедливость to do smb. an injustice —- быть несправедливым к кому-л., допустить несправедливость в отношении кого-л. ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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