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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an unjust act;
[syn: injustice, unfairness, iniquity, shabbiness]

2. the practice of being unjust or unfair;
[syn: injustice, unjustness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Injustice \In*jus"tice\, n. [F. injustice, L. injustitia. See In- not, and Justice, and cf. Unjust.] 1. Lack of justice and equity; violation of the rights of another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness; imposition. [1913 Webster] If this people [the Athenians] resembled Nero in their extravagance, much more did they resemble and even exceed him in cruelty and injustice. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 2. An unjust act or deed; a sin; a crime; a wrong. [1913 Webster] Cunning men can be guilty of a thousand injustices without being discovered, or at least without being punished. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

injustice n 1: an unjust act [syn: injustice, unfairness, iniquity, shabbiness] 2: the practice of being unjust or unfair [syn: injustice, unjustness] [ant: justice, justness]
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

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.