Definition: injustice

Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

injustice
     n 1: an unjust act [syn: unfairness, iniquity]
     2: the practice of being unjust or unfair [syn: unjustness]
        [ant: justice]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Injustice \In*jus"tice\, n. [F. injustice, L. injustitia. See
   In- not, and Justice, and cf. Unjust.]
   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.

INJUSTICE, n.  A burden which of all those that we load upon others
and carry ourselves is lightest in the hands and heaviest upon the
back.