Thesaurus: injustice

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1. n. Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness; imposition.
2. n. An unjust act or deed; a sin; a crime; a wrong.
3. n. an unjust act
4. n. the practice of being unjust or unfair
5. 1. Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness; imposition. If this people [the Athenians] resembled Nero in their extravagance, much more did they resemble and even exceed him in cruelty and injustice. Burke. 2. An unjust act or deed; a sin; a crime; a wrong. Cunning men can be guilty of a thousand injustices without being discovered, or at least without being punished. Swift.
6. n:100 n. an unjust act n. the practice of being unjust or unfair