Meaning of GRIEVANCE
| Pronunciation: | | 'greevuns
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- [n] a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score"
- [n] a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action
- [n] an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice
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| | Synonyms: | | grudge, score |
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| | See Also: | | allegation, bitterness, complaint, gall, rancor, rancour, resentment | |
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| | Definition: | |  Grievance
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Definition: | | In labor law a complaint filed by an employee regarding working conditions to be resolved by procedural machinery provided in the union contract. An injury, injustice, or wrong which gives ground for complaint. |
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