Definition

1. Noun:
   • The practice of being unjust or unfair: A situation or condition characterized by a lack of justice, fairness, or equity.
   • An unjust act: A specific event, decision, or action that is unfair or violates principles of justice.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The new law was widely criticized as an injustice against minority groups. (The specific law was seen as an unfair act.)
  • She dedicated her life to fighting social injustice. (She fought against the general condition of unfairness in society.)
  • He felt a deep sense of injustice when he was passed over for the promotion. (He experienced the feeling of being treated unfairly.)

Advanced Usage

• "to do someone/thing an injustice": To judge or represent someone or something unfairly.
  • To call him lazy is to do him an injustice; he's just very meticulous. (This means you would be unfairly criticizing him.)
• "a grave/gross injustice": A very serious or severe act of unfairness.
  • The wrongful conviction was a grave injustice.
• "perceived injustice": An unfairness that is felt or believed to exist by someone, whether objectively true or not.
  • The protest was fueled by a perceived injustice in the tax system.

Variants and Related Words

• Unjust (adj): Not based on or behaving according to fairness or justice.
  • an unjust decision
• Justice (n): The quality of being fair and reasonable; the administration of the law.
  • the pursuit of justice

Synonyms

• Unfairness: Lack of fairness or justice.
• Wrong: An unjust, dishonest, or immoral action.
• Inequity: Lack of fairness or justice; unfairness.

Antonyms

• Justice: Just behavior or treatment.
• Fairness: Impartial and just treatment without favoritism or discrimination.
• Equity: The quality of being fair and impartial.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "Miscarriage of justice": A failure of a court or judicial system to attain the ends of justice, such as a wrongful conviction.
  • After 20 years in prison, new DNA evidence proved his case was a miscarriage of justice.
• "In the interest of justice": For the sake of achieving a fair and right outcome.
  • The case was reopened in the interest of justice.

Noun

1. the practice of being unjust or unfair
2. an unjust act