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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (5)

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 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). [1913 Webster] Many times we do injury to a cause by dwelling on trifling arguments. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster] Riot ascends above their loftiest towers, And injury and outrage. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 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.