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 Definitions of grievance  [ˈgri vəns]  

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Definition of 'grievance' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) grievance
a wrong considered as grounds for complaint.

2.  grievance
a complaint or resentment, as against an unjust act.

3.  grievance
Obs. the act of inflicting a wrong.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; < OF)

Definition of 'grievance' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) grudge, score, grievance
a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
"holding a grudge"; "settling a score"

2. (noun) grievance
an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice

3. (noun) grievance
a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action


Definition of 'grievance' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) grievance
a feeling or belief that sth is wrong or unfair
to have a grievance against sb/sth


Definition of 'grievance' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) 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

2. (verb) grievance
grieving; grief; affliction


Translation of 'grievance' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a cause or reason for complaint
a list of grievances.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: grief Arabic flag Arabic: مَظْلَمَه، شَكْوى Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: оплакване
Brazilian flag Brazilian: queixa Czech flag Czech: důvod ke stížnosti German flag German: die Beschwerde
Danish flag Danish: klagepunkt Greek flag Greek: παράπονο Spanish flag Spanish: queja; reivindicación
Estonian flag Estonian: kaebus Farsi flag Farsi: علت نارضایتی Finnish flag Finnish: valituksen aihe
French flag French: grief Hebrew flag Hebrew: תְּלוּנָה Hindi flag Hindi: शिकायत
Croatian flag Croatian: pritužba Hungarian flag Hungarian: panasz Indonesian flag Indonesian: alasan keluhan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: umkvörtunarefni Italian flag Italian: reclamo, lagnanza Japanese flag Japanese: 苦情
Korean flag Korean: 불만의 원인 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nusiskundimas Latvian flag Latvian: sūdzība
Malay flag Malay: rungutan Dutch flag Dutch: grief, klacht Norwegian flag Norwegian: grunn til klage, klage(må
Polish flag Polish: krzywda Persian flag Persian: علت نارضایتی Pashto flag Pashto: د شکایت دلیل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: queixa Romanian flag Romanian: plân­gere, reproş Russian flag Russian: претензия
Slovak flag Slovak: dôvod na sťažnosť, ponosa Slovenian flag Slovenian: krivica Serbian flag Serbian: uzrok tuge
Swedish flag Swedish: klagomål Thai flag Thai: ความคับข้องใจ Turkish flag Turkish: şikâyet nedeni
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 不滿的原由 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: скарга Urdu flag Urdu: شکایت کا سبب
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: lời kêu ca phàn nàn Chinese flag Chinese: 不满的原由,冤情

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