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† aˈggrievance|əˈgriːvəns|
Also 5–6 agreuaunce, aggr-, 6 agreeuance.
[a. OFr. agrevance, n. of action f. agrever: see aggrieve and -ance.]
†1. That which burdens or oppresses; a burden, trouble, or hardship; a grievance. Obs.
1440Promp. Parv., Aggreuauns, Gravamen, nocumentum, tedium. 1599Fenton Guicciardin xvii. 781 For remedie of which aggreeuances..the people..determined to resist with their weapons. 1649Ball Power of Kings 2 That..our Kings should Redresse such Agrievances as they should complaine of. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. xvi. 38 Those great agonies and aggrievances of spirit that the true members of Christ are cast into by beholding such abominable practices.
2. The action of aggrieving, troubling or annoying; oppression.
1587J. Hooker Hist. Irel. in Holinsh. II. 172 To the aggreeuance of good subiects, & to the incouragement of the wicked. 1596B. Griffin Fidessa (1876) 28 Vntoward subiect of the least aggrieuance. 1819Foster Pop. Ignor. (1834) 4 The aggrievance of things which inevitably continue in our presence.
†3. Aggravation. (See aggrieve 3.) Obs.
1506Ord. Crysten Men (W. de Worde) iv. xxv. 311 It is also agreuaunce of synne more or lesse of as moche that a man eteth many tymes. |