Both Uses of
grievance
in
Persuasion
- She could do little more than listen patiently, soften every grievance, and excuse each to the other; give them all hints of the forbearance necessary between such near neighbours, and make those hints broadest which were meant for her sister's benefit.†
Chpt 6 *
- There was one circumstance in the history of her grievances of particular irritation.†
Chpt 21
Definition:
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(grievance) the cause of a complaint (real or imagined); or the complaint in formally written form