{{Short description|Wrong or hardship suffered, real or imagined, causing grounds for complaint}}
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In general,A '''grievance''' (from class. lat. ''{{ety|la|gravis'' – |heavy}}) is a [[wrong]] or [[wikt:hardship|hardship]] suffered, whether real or supposed, which forms legitimate grounds of [[complaint]]. In the past, the word meant [[Oppression|oppressive]]the stateinfliction or cause of thingshardship.<ref>{{cite web|url=//www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/grievance|access-date=21 January 2019|title=Definition of 'grievance'|website=[[OxfordCollins English Dictionary]]}}</ref>
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* [[Complaint system]]
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A grievance arising from [[injustice]] or [[tyranny]] can be cause for [[rebellion]] or [[revolution]].
The revolt of English barons in the early thirteenth century which led to the [[Magna Carta]] of 1215 was partly motivated by grievances against abuses by [[John of England|King John]]. This right to [[Petition]] the king, for grievances, was affirmed in the [[Bill of Rights 1689]]
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The [[United States Declaration of Independence]] is mainly an enumeration of the colonists' grievances against [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]].
