Hypertext Webster Gateway: "injustice"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Injustice \In*jus"tice\, n. [F. injustice, L. injustitia. See
{In-} not, and {Justice}, and cf. {Unjust}.]
1. Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of
another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness;
imposition.
If this people [the Athenians] resembled Nero in
their extravagance, much more did they resemble and
even exceed him in cruelty and injustice. --Burke.
2. An unjust act or deed; a sin; a crime; a wrong.
Cunning men can be guilty of a thousand injustices
without being discovered, or at least without being
punished. --Swift.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
injustice
n 1: an unjust act [syn: {unfairness}, {iniquity}]
2: the practice of being unjust or unfair [syn: {unjustness}]
[ant: {justice}]
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