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griev⋅ance

  [gree-vuhns]
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–noun
1. a wrong considered as grounds for complaint, or something believed to cause distress: Inequitable taxation is the chief grievance.
2. a complaint or resentment, as against an unjust or unfair act: to have a grievance against someone.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME greva(u)nce < OF grevance. See grieve, -ance

Synonyms:
1. affront, injustice, hurt, injury, distress.
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griev·ance   (grē'vəns)   
n.  
    1. An actual or supposed circumstance regarded as just cause for complaint.
    2. A complaint or protestation based on such a circumstance. See Synonyms at injustice.
    3. The act of inflicting hardship or harm.
    4. The cause of hardship or harm.
  2. Indignation or resentment stemming from a feeling of having been wronged.
  3. Obsolete
    1. The act of inflicting hardship or harm.
    2. The cause of hardship or harm.

[Middle English grevaunce, from Old French grevance, from grever, to harm; see grieve.]
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Grievance

Griev"ance\, n. [OF. grevance. See Grieve, v. t.]

1. 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. Grieving; grief; affliction.

The . . . grievance of a mind unreasonably yoked. --Milton.

Syn: Burden; oppression; hardship; trouble.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : grievance
Spanish: queja; reivindicación,
German: die Beschwerde,
Japanese: 苦情
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Main Entry: griev·ance
Pronunciation: 'grE-v&ns
Function: noun
1 : a cause of distress (as an unsatisfactory working condition or unfair labor practice) felt to afford a reason for complaint or dispute; especially : a violation of a collective bargaining agreement usually by the employer
2 : the formal expression of a grievance brought esp. by an employee as the initial step toward resolution through a grievance procedure —see also ARBITRATION grievance arbitration at ARBITRATION, MEDIATION
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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grievance

see air one's grievances.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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