3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
injustice
n 1: an unjust act [syn: {unfairness}, {iniquity}]
2: the practice of being unjust or unfair [syn: {unjustness}]
[ant: {justice}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
INJUSTICE, n. A burden which of all those that we load upon others
and carry ourselves is lightest in the hands and heaviest upon the
back
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