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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
injury (countable and uncountable, plural injuries)
- Damage to the body of a human or animal.
- The passenger sustained a severe injury in the car accident.
- The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests.
- Slander is an injury to the character.
- (archaic) Injustice.
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:injury
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
wound — see wound
damage or violation
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See also[edit]
Verb[edit]
injury (third-person singular simple present injuries, present participle injurying, simple past and past participle injuried)
- (obsolete) To wrong, to injure.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, John Florio, transl., The Essayes, […], printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:II.12:
- The best of us doth not so much feare to wrong him, as he doth to injurie his neighbour, his kinsman, or his master.
Further reading[edit]
- injury in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- injury in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
injury
- Alternative form of injurie
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