injustice

noun

1. 1

   Absence of justice; unjustice.

2. 2

   Violation of the rights of another person or people.

   Silence in the face of gross injustice, or support for it, or even active involvement therein, comes at a price.

   I was not just the President of Southern Americans or white Americans. I was the President of all Americans. I believed that a huge injustice had been perpetrated for hundreds of years on every black man, woman, and child in the United States. I did not think that our nation could endure much longer as a viable democracy if that injustice were allowed to continue.

   The movie delivers a critical and analytical 'unfolding of the circumstances of Reality [Winner]’s life, starting with her childhood in Texas, in order to reveal her sense of deceptions and injustices that pass largely unchallenged in everyday American life.

3. 3

   Unfairness; the state of not being fair or just.

   The game was engulfed in controversy when Rodwell appeared to win the ball cleanly in a midfield challenge with Suarez. The tackle drew an angry response from Liverpool's players- Lucas in particular as Suarez writhed in agony - but it was an obvious injustice when the England Under-21 midfielder was shown the red card.

Forms

plural

injustices