You can mark you interesting snippets of text that will be available through a unique link in your browser.

Injuries

Translation
Injuries
Injury In"ju*ry, n.; pl. {Injuries}. [OE. injurie, L. injuria, fr. injurius injurious, wrongful, unjust; pref. in- not + jus, juris, right, law, justice: cf. F. injure. See {Just}, a.] Any damage or hurt done to a person or thing; detriment to, or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong, loss, damage, or detriment; harm; hurt; loss; mischief; wrong; evil; as, his health was impaired by a severe injury; slander is an injury to the character. [1913 Webster]

For he that doeth injury shall receive that that he did evil. --Wyclif(Col. iii. 25). [1913 Webster]

Many times we do injury to a cause by dwelling on trifling arguments. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]

Riot ascends above their loftiest towers, And injury and outrage. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Note: Injury in morals and jurisprudence is the intentional doing of wrong. --Fleming.

Syn: Harm; hurt; damage; loss; impairment; detriment; wrong; evil; injustice. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

  
Share  

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Injuries et honores vulgi in promiscuo habenda; nec his gaudendum, nec illis dolendum. — См. Хвалу и клевету приемли равнодушно …   Большой толково-фразеологический словарь Михельсона (оригинальная орфография)

  • Human biting injuries — Injuries from human bites being the most dangerous bite in the world, present a particular risk to other humans, with a major risk of sepsis from infection by human oral bacteria and the possibility of transmission of blood borne diseases… …   Wikipedia

  • Climbing injuries — This article will mainly cover climbing related injuries occurring when sports or rock climbing due to overuse i.e. Sports injury. Fortunately, only a small number of climbing injuries are acute traumas due to falls the rest falls into the… …   Wikipedia

  • Australian rules football injuries — Australian rules football is a sport known for its high level of physical body contact compared to other sports such as soccer and basketball. High impact collisions can occur from any direction. Despite the fact that unlike gridiron no padding… …   Wikipedia

  • Toilet-related injuries and deaths — A toilet with the potentially dangerous arrangement of the seat being up There are many toilet related injuries and some toilet related deaths throughout history and in urban legends. Contents 1 Acciden …   Wikipedia

  • Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations — Infobox UK Statutory Instrument Title=The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 parliament=United Kingdom Parliament Citation=1995 No. 3163 introduced by=Paul Beresford Department of the Environment… …   Wikipedia

  • Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority — The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority is a non departmental public body in the United Kingdom. The Authority administers a compensation scheme for injuries caused to victims of violent crime in Great Britain and is funded by the Ministry… …   Wikipedia

  • Spinal Cord Injuries Australia — (SCIA) is a non government organisation which provides advocacy and services to people with spinal cord injury (paraplegia, quadriplegia) and similar conditions. The organisation recently celebrated its fortieth anniversary as a disability… …   Wikipedia

  • Lightning injuries — A major source of injury and death from the environment, lightning is one of the top 3 causes of death from environmental origins. (The other top environmental killers are floods and extreme temperatures.) Lightning is neither a direct current… …   Medical dictionary

  • Personal Injuries — infobox Book | name = Personal Injuries title orig = translator = image caption = author = Scott Turow cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Legal thriller, Crime novel publisher = Farrar Straus Giroux release …   Wikipedia

Фильмы

  • You Will Go To The Ball (Soviet Sports #2), 1987 — Annotation: On problems related to “rejuvenation” with feminine artistic gymnastics; woman gymnasts who were famous during last years share with their reminiscences and thoughts. Film description…