Injury

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈɪndʒəɹi/

Alternative forms

• enjury

Origin

From Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria ("injustice; wrong; offense"), from in- ("not") + iūs, iūris ("right, law").

Full definition of injury

Noun

1. damage to the body of a human or animalThe passenger sustained a severe injury in the car accident.
2. violation of a person, their character, feelings, rights, property, or interestsSlander is an injury to the character.
3. (archaic) injustice

Synonyms

Related terms

• injure
• injurious

Verb

1. (obsolete) To wrong, to injure.
• 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.12:The best of us doth not so much feare to wrong him, as he doth to injurie his neighbour, his kinsman, or his master.