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injury

  • noun
  • in·ju·ry
  • /ˈɪn.d͡ʒə.ɹi/

Damage to the body of a living thing.

Other meanings

  1. Other forms of damage sustained by a living thing, e.g. psychologically.

  2. The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests.

    “Slander is an injury to the character.”

Word history

From Latin "iniūria" (injustice; wrong; offense).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “injury” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.