Injustice vs Defamation - What's the difference?
injustice | defamation | Related terms |
Absence of justice; unjustice.
Violation of the rights of another person.
Unfairness; the state of not being fair or just.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 1
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool
, work=BBC Sport
Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion.
Injustice is a related term of defamation.
As nouns the difference between injustice and defamation
is that injustice is absence of justice; unjustice while defamation is act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion.injustice
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(wikipedia injustice)Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=The game was engulfed in controversy when Rodwell appeared to win the ball cleanly in a midfield challenge with Suarez. The tackle drew an angry response from Liverpool's players- Lucas in particular as Suarez writhed in agony - but it was an obvious injustice when the England Under-21 midfielder was shown the red card.}}
