Grievance
(noun)
- A complaint or resentment, especially one made by an employee against an employer.
- A sense of injustice or a feeling of being wronged.
Origin:
From middle english greevance, from old french grevance, from grever ("to burden, oppress"), from latin gravare ("to weigh down"), from gravis ("heav.y")
Examples:
- The workers have a grievance against the company for not giving them a raise.
- He filed a grievance with the union over the way he was treated by his manager.
- The employee had a grievance regarding discrimination at the workplace.
- The citizens had a grievance against the government for not providing proper services.
- The patient had a grievance about the long waiting time at the hospital.