Etymology

grievance

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Today it means: Something which causes grief. Full definition →

Old French grievance
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  1. Old French · derived fromgrievance
  2. English todaygrievance

From Old French grievance, from the verb grever (“to irritate; to bother; to annoy”) + -ance, equivalent to grieve + -ance.

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