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All injustice synonyms

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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.
  • ruinruins, 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.
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