All injustice synonyms
in·jus·tice
I i noun injustice
- bias — Bias is a tendency to prefer one person or thing to another, and to favour that person or thing.
- inequity — lack of equity; unfairness; favoritism or bias.
- wrongdoing — behavior or action that is wrong, evil, or blameworthy.
- violation — the act of violating.
- discrimination — an act or instance of discriminating, or of making a distinction.
- oppression — the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
- abuse — Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
- crime — A crime is an illegal action or activity for which a person can be punished by law.
- infringement — a breach or infraction, as of a law, right, or obligation; violation; transgression.
- wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- inequality — social or economic disparity: inequality between the rich and the poor; widening income inequality in America. unequal opportunity or treatment resulting from this disparity: inequality in healthcare and education.
- prejudice — an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
- malpractice — Law. failure of a professional person, as a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows.
- outrage — an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency.
- unfairness — not fair; not conforming to approved standards, as of justice, honesty, or ethics: an unfair law; an unfair wage policy.
- breach — If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it.
- transgression — an act of transgressing; violation of a law, command, etc.; sin.
- maltreatment — to treat or handle badly, cruelly, or roughly; abuse: to maltreat a prisoner.
- grievance — a wrong considered as grounds for complaint, or something believed to cause distress: Inequitable taxation is the chief grievance.
- malfeasance — the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust). Compare misfeasance (def 2), nonfeasance.
- mischief — conduct or activity that playfully causes petty annoyance.
- negligence — the quality, fact, or result of being negligent; neglect: negligence in discharging one's responsibilities.
- favoritism — the favoring of one person or group over others with equal claims; partiality: to show favoritism toward the youngest child.
- sellout — an act or instance of selling out.
- iniquity — gross injustice or wickedness.
- infraction — breach; violation; infringement: an infraction of the rules.
- ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- damage — To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
- partiality — the state or character of being partial.
- trespass — Law. an unlawful act causing injury to the person, property, or rights of another, committed with force or violence, actual or implied. a wrongful entry upon the lands of another. the action to recover damages for such an injury.
- miscarriage — the expulsion of a fetus before it is viable, especially between the third and seventh months of pregnancy; spontaneous abortion. Compare abortion (def 1).
- offense — a violation or breaking of a social or moral rule; transgression; sin.
- railroad — a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail.
- unjustness — not just; lacking in justice or fairness: unjust criticism; an unjust ruler.
- unlawful — not lawful; contrary to law; illegal.
- partisanship — an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance.
- villainy — the actions or conduct of a villain; outrageous wickedness.
- encroachment — Intrusion on a person's territory, rights, etc.
- favouritism — (British) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.