grievance
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- n a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
- n an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice
- n a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action
- Then a new and more militant organization called the Pan-African Congress decided to exploit the passbook grievance.
- But to Hannity's tax-cut Republicanism and O'Reilly's grumpy social conservatism, Beck adds an au courant strain of grievance.
- We may not share his approach to airing a grievance, but the grievance itself feels familiar.