grievance (the sense ‘cause of complaint’ occurs)
1.
oppression, annoyance
2H4 IV. i. 198
“such picking
grievances,”
Oth. I. ii. 15
“restraint and
grievance.”
2.
trouble, distress,
suffering Gent. I. i. 17,
IV. iii. 37
“I pity much your
g-s”
*, Rom. I. i. 162,
Sonn. xxx. 9
“Then can I grieve at
g-s foregone.”
