An Injustice
- Absence of justice; unjustice.
- Violation of the rights of another person or people.
- Unfairness; the state of not being fair or just.
| Usage notes |
Injustice and unjust use different prefixes, as French injustice was borrowed into English, while unjust was formed as un- + just. The spelling injust, from French injuste, is very rarely used, and unjustice, from un- + justice, is nonstandard.
| Synonyms |
justicelessness
unjustice (nonstandard)
wrong
wrength