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Definitions for Injury
[1] harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.
[2] a particular form or instance of harm: an injury to one's shoulder; an injury to one's pride.
[3] wrong or injustice done or suffered.
[4] Law . any wrong or violation of the rights, property, reputation, etc., of another for which legal action to recover damages may be made.
[5] Obsolete . injurious speech; calumny.
[6] physical damage or hurt
[7] a specific instance of this a leg injury
[8] harm done to a reputation
[9] law a violation or infringement of another person's rights that causes him harm and is actionable at law
[10] an obsolete word for insult
Words related to Injury
shock, loss, cramp, cut, bruise, burn, wound, damage, laceration, sore, suffering, abuse, trauma, fracture, swelling, scar, sprain, grievance, distress, scratch
Words nearby Injury
injun, injunct, injunction, injure, injurious, injury, injury list, injury time, injustice, ink, ink ball
Origin of Injury
1350–1400; Middle English injurie < Latin injūria unlawful conduct, injustice, equivalent to in- in-3 + jūr-, stem of jūs right, law (see jus, just1) + -ia -ia
Other words from Injury
non·in·ju·ry , noun, plural non·in·ju·ries.
re·in·ju·ry , noun, plural re·in·ju·ries.
self-in·ju·ry , noun, plural self·-in·ju·ries.
Word origin for Injury
C14: from Latin injūria injustice, wrong, from injūriōsus acting unfairly, wrongful, from in- 1 + jūs right
Synonyms for Injury
abuse, bruise, burn, cramp, cut, damage, fracture, laceration, loss, scar, shock, sore, sprain, suffering, swelling, trauma, wound, abrasion, affliction, affront, agony, bad, bite, blemish, boo-boo, chop, deformation, detriment, discomfiture, disservice, distress, evil, gash, grievance, hemorrhage, ill, impairment, indignity, injustice, insult, lesion, libel, mischief, misery, mutilation, nick, outrage, pang, ruin, scratch, slander, stab, sting, twinge, wrong, ouch