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- DictionaryGriev·ance/ˈɡrēv(ə)ns/
noun
- 1. a real or imagined wrong or other cause for complaint or protest, especially unfair treatment: "failure to redress genuine grievances"
The meaning of GRIEVANCE is a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance. How to use grievance in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Grievance.
GRIEVANCE definition: 1. a complaint or a strong feeling that you have been treated unfairly: 2. a complaint or a strong…. Learn more.
A grievance is a complaint that may or may not be justified. Often a grievance is a complaint about something that breaks a rule or a law, like a grievance filed against a person who builds a fence in his front yard in a town that does not allow that.
GRIEVANCE meaning: 1. a complaint or a strong feeling that you have been treated unfairly: 2. a complaint or a strong…. Learn more.
Grievance definition: a wrong considered as grounds for complaint, or something believed to cause distress. See examples of GRIEVANCE used in a sentence.
1. a real or imaginary wrong causing resentment and regarded as grounds for complaint. 2. a feeling of resentment or injustice at having been unfairly treated. 3. obsolete affliction or hardship. [C15 grevance, from Old French, from grever to grieve 1]
noun. 1. a wrong considered as grounds for complaint, or something believed to cause distress. Inequitable taxation is the chief grievance. 2. a complaint or resentment, as against an unjust or unfair act. to have a grievance against someone. SYNONYMS 1. affront, injustice, hurt, injury, distress.
noun. /ˈɡriːvəns/ something that you think is unfair and that you complain or protest about; a feeling that you have been badly treated. Parents were invited to air their grievances (= express them) at the meeting. These interviews aim to deal with individual grievances.
GRIEVANCE definition: a complaint, especially about unfair behaviour. Learn more.
A grievance (from Latin gravis 'heavy') is a wrong or hardship suffered, real or supposed, which forms legitimate grounds of complaint. In the past, the word meant the infliction or cause of hardship.
