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Amant., v. grievance (grē'vans), n. [Early mod. E. also greevance; They undid nothing in the State but irregular and grinding Courts, the maine greevances to be remov'd. Milton , Eikon ok las tes, v. They [scorners) were a great and particular grievance to the followers of true piety and wisdom. Bp. Atterbury , Sermons, I. v. The grievances which had produced the rebellions of Tyler and Cade had disappeared. Macaulay , Hallam's Const. Hist. A grievance that has created much resentment is the needle appropriation of private lands, and the injury to adjacent lands by various forms of public works. 2t. Grief; affliction. IMG:content-2670.png:[blocks in formation]