Griëv'ançe, n.

n. [O. Fr. grievance, Pr. grevança, from Lat. gravare, to burden, oppress, gravis, heavy, O. Fr. grief, grief. See supra.]

1. A cause of uneasiness and complaint; wrong done and suffered; that which gives ground for remonstrance or resistance, as arising from injustice, tyranny, or the like; injury.
2. Grieving; grief; affliction. “The grievance of a mind unreasonably yoked.” Milton.

Syn.—Burden; oppression; hardship; trouble.