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–noun

1.	the quality or fact of being unjust; inequity.

2.	violation of the rights of others; unjust or unfair action or treatment.

3.	an unjust or unfair act; wrong.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < MF < L injūstitia. See in-³, justice

]

—Synonyms 2. injury, wrong; tort.

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n.

Violation of another's rights or of what is right; lack of justice.
A specific unjust act; a wrong.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin iniūstitia, from iniūstus, unjust : in-, not; see in-¹ + iūstus, just; see just¹.]

Synonyms: These nouns denote acts or conditions that cause people to suffer hardship or loss undeservedly. An injustice is a violation of a person's rights; the term can also refer to unfair treatment of another or others: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
An injury is an injustice for which legal redress is available: The court awarded the plaintiff compensation for the injury to his property.
Wrong is now more emphatic than injustice and in a legal sense refers to what violates the rights of an individual or adversely affects the public welfare: "The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth" (Charles Kingsley).
A grievance is regarded by those involved as a wrong that affords cause for complaint: The warden addressed the inmates' grievances.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
injustice

1390, from Fr. injustice, from L. injustitia, from injustus "unjust, wrongful, oppressive," from in- "not" + justus "just" (see just (adj.)).

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injustice
noun
1.	an unjust act
2.	the practice of being unjust or unfair [ant: justice]

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injustice [inˈdʒastis] noun

(an instance of) unfairness or the lack of justice
Example: He complained of injustice in the way he had been treated; They agreed that an injustice had been committed.

Arabic:	ظُلْم
Chinese (Simplified):	不公平
Chinese (Traditional):	不公平
Czech:	nespravedlnost, křivda
Danish:	uretfærdighed
Dutch:	onrecht
Estonian:	ülekohus
Finnish:	vääryys
French:	injustice
German:	die Ungerechtigkeit
Greek:	αδικία
Hungarian:	igazságtalanság
Icelandic:	óréttlæti
Indonesian:	ketidakadilan
Italian:	ingiustizia

Japanese:	不公正
Korean:	부정, 불공평
Latvian:	netaisnība
Lithuanian:	neteisybė
Norwegian:	urett(ferdighet)
Polish:	niesprawiedliwość
Portuguese (Brazil):	injustiça
Portuguese (Portugal):	injustiça
Romanian:	nedreptate
Russian:	несправедливость
Slovak:	nespravodlivosť
Slovenian:	nepravičnost
Spanish:	injusticia
Swedish:	orättvisa, orättfärdighet
Turkish:	haksızlık

See also: do (someone) an injustice

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Injustice

In*jus"tice\, n. [F. injustice, L. injustitia. See In- not, and Justice, and cf. Unjust.]

1. Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness; imposition.

If this people [the Athenians] resembled Nero in their extravagance, much more did they resemble and even exceed him in cruelty and injustice. --Burke.

2. An unjust act or deed; a sin; a crime; a wrong.

Cunning men can be guilty of a thousand injustices without being discovered, or at least without being punished. --Swift.

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