Definition of Grievance

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Grievance

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.

Grieving; grief; affliction.

Related Definitions:

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Grievance Quotations

Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.
Robert Frost

A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed.
Eric Hoffer

Let me say this as clearly as I can: No matter how sharp a grievance or how deep a hurt, there is no justification for killing innocents.
William J. Clinton

Of course I'd have loved to be Prime Minister. But I'm not nursing a grievance.
Kenneth Clarke

I am committed to the principle that violence is never justified as a means of ameliorating a grievance.
Justin Sane

Grievance Translations

grievance in French is grief
grievance in Spanish is agravio

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