injustice
NOUN:
1. the quality or fact of being unjust; inequity.
2. violation of the rights of others; unjust or unfair action or treatment.
3. an unjust or unfair act; wrong.
4. the condition or practice of being unjust or unfair.
5. absence of justice; violation of a right or of the rights of another; unfairness.
Examples:
The organization is devoted to fighting economic injustice. // The law is part of an effort to correct an old injustice.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin injūstitia. See in-3, justice. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of injustice: 14th century. History and Etymology for injustice: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin injustitia, from injustus unjust, from in- + justus just. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 27 July 2020 {11:57 AM}
1. the quality or fact of being unjust; inequity.
2. violation of the rights of others; unjust or unfair action or treatment.
3. an unjust or unfair act; wrong.
4. the condition or practice of being unjust or unfair.
5. absence of justice; violation of a right or of the rights of another; unfairness.
Examples:
The organization is devoted to fighting economic injustice. // The law is part of an effort to correct an old injustice.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin injūstitia. See in-3, justice. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of injustice: 14th century. History and Etymology for injustice: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin injustitia, from injustus unjust, from in- + justus just. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 27 July 2020 {11:57 AM}