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   grievance

   /ˈɡriːvns/

   noun

   • 1. a real or imagined cause for complaint, especially unfair treatment: "a website which enabled staff to air their grievances" Similar injusticeunjust actwronginjuryilloffencedisserviceunfairnesseviloutrageatrocitydamageaffrontinsultindignity
   • ▪ an official statement of a complaint over something believed to be wrong or unfair: "three pilots have filed grievances against the company"
   • ▪ a feeling of resentment over something believed to be wrong or unfair: "he was nursing a grievance" Similar complaintcriticismobjectionprotestationchargeprotestgrumblemoancavilquibbleproblemgrudgeill feelinghard feelingbad feelingresentmentbitternessrancourpiqueumbrageinformal:grousegripegrouchnigglebeefbone to pickchip on one's shoulderwhingecrow to pluckliterary:plaintOpposite commendation

   Word Origin Middle English (also in the sense ‘injury’): from Old French grevance, from grever ‘to burden’ (see grieve1).

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