injustice : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: injustice	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for injustice
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
injustice n an unjust act [syn: injustice, unfairness, iniquity, shabbiness] the practice of being unjust or unfair Synonym(s): injustice, unjustness Antonym(s): justice, justness
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.