injustice Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an unjust act
    unfairness; iniquity; shabbiness.
  2. noun the practice of being unjust or unfair
    unjustness.

WordNet

In*jus"tice noun
Etymology
F. injustice, L. injustitia. See In- not, and Justice, and cf. Unjust.
Definitions
  1. Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness; imposition.
    If this people [the Athenians] resembled Nero in their extravagance, much more did they resemble and even exceed him in cruelty and injustice. Burke.
  2. An unjust act or deed; a sin; a crime; a wrong.
    Cunning men can be guilty of a thousand injustices without being discovered, or at least without being punished. Swift.

Webster 1913