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grievance(dictionary)
Grievance(law)

obtenebrate (iou) and grievance (iou)


obtenebrate (iou)



obtenebrate verb trans. L16.
[ecclesiastical Latin obtenebrat- pa. ppl stem of obtenebrare, from ob- OB- + tenebrare darken: see -ATE3.]
Cast a shadow over; overshadow, darken.
obtene'bration noun the action of overshadowing something; the condition of being overshadowed: E17.

grievance (iou)



grievance noun. ME.
[Old French grevance, grievance, from grever: see GRIEVE verb, -ANCE.]
The infliction of wrong or hardship; (a cause of) injury or oppression. ME-M18.
The state or fact of being oppressed, injured, or distressed; trouble, distress, pain. ME-L16.
A (real or imagined) wrong or ground of complaint. ME.
G. A. Birmingham A letter to The Times, the usual resort of an Englishman with a grievance. V. Cronin He listened personally to any grievances and when justified put them right.
Displeasure, indignation, offence. ME-E16.
A disease, an ailment. LME-M18.