injury
English
Etymology
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From Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
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
- See also Thesaurus:injury
Related terms
Translations
wound — see wound
damage or violation
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See also
Verb
injury (third-person singular simple present injuries, present participle injurying, simple past and past participle injuried)
- (obsolete) To wrong, to injure.
- Template:RQ:Flr Mntgn Essays 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.
- Template:RQ:Flr Mntgn Essays II.12:
Further reading
- “injury”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “injury”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Middle English
Noun
injury
- Alternative form of injurie
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