grievance : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: grievance	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for grievance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grievance n a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score" Synonym(s): grudge, score, grievance an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grievance \Griev"ance\, n. [OF. grevance. See {Grieve}, v. t.] 1. A cause of uneasiness and complaint; a wrong done and suffered; that which gives ground for remonstrance or resistance, as arising from injustice, tyranny, etc.; injury. 2. Grieving; grief; affliction. The . . . grievance of a mind unreasonably yoked. --Milton. Syn: Burden; oppression; hardship; trouble.