Both Uses of
grievance
in
Pride and Prejudice
- Mrs. Bennet had many grievances to relate, and much to complain of.†
p. 137.9 *grievances = complaints
- 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
Definitions:
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(1)
(grievance) the cause of a complaint (real or imagined); or the complaint in formally written form
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, in classic literature, grievance can reference a feeling of resentment.