injustice

Noun
Synonyms: unfairnessiniquityshabbinessunjustness

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. an unjust actSynonyms: unfairnessiniquityshabbiness
  2. the practice of being unjust or unfairSynonyms: unjustness
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

The Devil's Dictionary

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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