Injury Definition

Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Noun
    • 1.3.1 Synonyms
    • 1.3.2 Related terms
    • 1.3.3 Translations
    • 1.3.4 See also
    • 1.3.5 External links

English

Part or all of this page has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

injury (plural injuries)

1. Any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong, loss, damage, or detriment; harm; hurt; loss; mischief; wrong; evil; as, his health was impaired by a severe injury; slander is an injury to the character.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:injury

Related terms

• injure
• injurious

See also

• harm
• hurt
• damage
• loss
• mischief
• impairment
• detriment
• wrong
• evil
• injustice

External links

• injury in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• injury in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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