Hypertext Webster Gateway: "injury"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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 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.
For he that doeth injury shall receve that he did evil.
--Wyclif(Col.
iii. 25).
Many times we do injury to a cause by dwelling on
trifling arguments. --I. Watts.
Riot ascends above their loftiest towers, And injury
and outrage. --Milton.
Note: Injury in morals and jurisprudence is the intentional
doing of wrong. --Fleming.
Syn: Harm; hurt; damage; loss; impairment; detriment; wrong;
evil; injustice.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
injury
n 1: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or
accident or fracture etc. [syn: {hurt}, {harm}, {trauma}]
2: an accident that results in physical damage or hurt [syn: {accidental
injury}]
3: a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat [syn:
{wound}, {combat injury}]
4: an act that injures someone
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