[ US /ˈɡɹivəns/ ]
[ UK /ɡɹˈiːvəns/ ]
NOUN
  1. an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice
  2. a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action
  3. a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
    holding a grudge
    settling a score
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How To Use grievance In A Sentence

  • INA recently won a grievance to place all nurses misplaced on the salary schedule in their appropriate slot.
  • Only a legitimate government can tackle the festering grievances in the north.
  • The decision removed one of the rebels' principal grievances and was expected to strengthen Frelimo's position at the negotiating table.
  • Chief among the grievances I identify as providing primary justifying grounds for secession are these: persistent and serious violations of individual human rights and past unredressed unjust seizure of territory.
  • There must be an opportunity for both sides to air their grievances .
  • “We should work for redressal of public grievances instead of fighting with each other”, he said and called upon all legislators including opposition to work for fulfilling public demands and resolving their difficulties. Indian Kashmir Chief said,���I believe in pious political ethics,upright character & moral principle
  • Something about it fills us with such joy that we are able to let go of our every day petty grievances and be the full and expansive people we are.
  • It is the Government, it is politics, politicians, and political parties in this House, that are in grievance mode.
  • A special committee has been appointed to handle prisoners' grievances.
  • The woman was a seething cauldron of grievances against the man for whom she had sacrificed almost two decades of her life. Times, Sunday Times
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