grievance

grievance has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• v. t.. 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.
• v. t.. Grieving; grief; affliction.
• n.. a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action
• n.. an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice
• n.. a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score"