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injustice

/ɪnˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/ noun C1
  1. Absence of justice; unjustice. (countable, uncountable)
  2. Violation of the rights of another person or people. (countable, uncountable) · Silence in the face of gross injustice, or support for it, or even active involvement therein, comes at a price.
  3. Unfairness; the state of not being fair or just. (countable, uncountable)

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Hurst and Miss Bingley both cried out against the injustice of her implied doubt, and were both protesting that they knew many women who answered this description, when Mr.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 42 · B2
Darcy so bad as this--though I have never liked him, I had not thought so very ill of him--I had supposed him to be despising his fellow-creatures in general, but did not suspect him of descending to such malicious revenge, such injustice, such inhumanity as this!”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 91 · B2
But here she did injustice to the fire and independence of his character; for it led him to escape out of Longbourn House the next morning with admirable slyness, and hasten to Lucas Lodge to throw himself at her feet.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 141 · B2
Wickham’s charge exceedingly shocked her; the more so, as she could bring no proof of its injustice.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 238 · B2

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