Meaning & use
Aggrievance
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A wrong or injury regarded as grounds for complaint; a grievance, especially in formal or legal usage.
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The tenants filed a formal aggrievance with the housing board over unsafe conditions.
Centuries-old aggrievances between the two families still shaped how the village was governed.
A note on using this word
An older, now uncommon variant of 'grievance,' surviving mainly in legal and historical texts; modern writers almost always use 'grievance' instead.
Words with a similar meaning
grievancecomplaintinjury
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