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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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