Both Uses of
grievance
in
Pride and Prejudice
- Mrs. Bennet had many grievances to relate, and much to complain of.†
p. 137.9 *
- She saw that he wanted to engage her on the old subject of his grievances, and she was in no humor to indulge him.†
p. 226.8
Definition:
the cause of a complaint (real or imagined); or the complaint in formally written form