injury

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Physical harm or damage done to the body.

   He suffered a serious injury in the accident.

2. 2
   noun

   Harm done to someone's reputation, rights, or feelings.

   The false rumour was an injury to her good name.

Common collocations

• accidental injury Adjective + noun
• crippling injury Adjective + noun

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

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