injury

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Damage to the body of a living thing.

   The passenger sustained a severe injury in the car accident.

2. 2
   noun

   The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests.

   Slander is an injury to the character.

3. 3
   verb

   To wrong, to injure.

   The best of us doth not so much feare to wrong him, as he doth to injurie his neighbour, his kinsman, or his master.

4. 4
   noun

   wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted

5. 5
   noun

   an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage

6. 6
   noun

   an accident that results in physical damage or hurt

7. 7
   noun

   a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat

8. 8
   noun

   any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

Etymology

From Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”). Doublet of injuria.