Grievance

For the argument in political science, see Greed versus grievance. For the employee dispute, see Grievance (labour). For other uses, see Grievance (disambiguation).

A grievance (from Latin gravis 'heavy') is a wrong or hardship suffered, real or supposed, which forms legitimate grounds of complaint. In the past, the word meant the infliction or cause of hardship.

See also

• Complaint system
• Harm
• Zemiology