[syn: wound, injury, combat injury]
4. an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage;
5. wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Injury \In"ju*ry\, n.; pl. Injuries. [OE. injurie, L. injuria,
fr. injurius injurious, wrongful, unjust; pref. in- not +
jus, juris, right, law, justice: cf. F. injure. See Just,
a.]
Any damage or hurt done to a person or thing; detriment to,
or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights,
property, or interests of an individual; that which injures,
or occasions wrong, loss, damage, or detriment; harm; hurt;
loss; mischief; wrong; evil; as, his health was impaired by a
severe injury; slander is an injury to the character.
[1913 Webster]
For he that doeth injury shall receive that that he did
evil. --Wyclif(Col.
iii. 25).
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Many times we do injury to a cause by dwelling on
trifling arguments. --I. Watts.
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Riot ascends above their loftiest towers,
And injury and outrage. --Milton.
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Note: Injury in morals and jurisprudence is the intentional
doing of wrong. --Fleming.
Syn: Harm; hurt; damage; loss; impairment; detriment; wrong;
evil; injustice.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
injury
n 1: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or
accident or fracture etc. [syn: injury, hurt, harm,
trauma]
2: an accident that results in physical damage or hurt [syn:
injury, accidental injury]
3: a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat [syn:
wound, injury, combat injury]
4: an act that causes someone or something to receive physical
damage
5: wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly
inflicted
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
INJURY, n. An offense next in degree of enormity to a slight.