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grievance

noun
/ˈɡɹiː.vəns/

Etymology

From Old French grievance, from the verb grever (“to irritate; to bother; to annoy”) + -ance, equivalent to grieve + -ance.

  1. derived from grievance

Definitions

  1. Something which causes grief.

  2. A wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint.

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  3. Feelings of being wronged

    Feelings of being wronged; outrage; resentment, bitterness or anger.

    • The issues of harassment and/or bullying was the top common source of grievance, followed by discipline, and then new working practices.
    • Given the non-significance of grievance in the estimated results, I proceeded to check whether the data provide a systematic and rational explanation of personal grievance among the population.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A complaint or annoyance.

    2. A formal complaint, especially in the context of a unionized workplace.

      • If you want the problem fixed, you'll have to file a grievance with the city.

    3. Violation of regulations or objectionable behavior.

      • Interim work rules, that served as bridge between expired and future contract between city and firefighters' association, did not commit grievance regarding firefighters' entitlement to step wage increases to arbitration.

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Derived

grievance collecting, grievance collection, grievance collector, grievancer, grievance studies, pregrievance, racial grievance industry

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at grievance. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01grievance02grief03hardship04difficulty05danger06mischief07petty08grievances

A definitional loop anchored at grievance. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at grievance

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA