Both Uses of
grievance
in
The Idiot
- What is his grievance?" asked Hippolyte, grinning.†
Chpt 4.2grievance = complaint
- It is plain enough why; if you marry Rogojin you lose your grievance; you will have nothing more to complain of.†
Chpt 4.8 *
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.