different between injustice vs aspersion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French injustice, from Latin iniustitia. Equivalent to in- +? justice.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?d??s.t?s/

Noun

injustice (countable and uncountable, plural injustices)

1. Absence of justice; unjustice.
2. Violation of the rights of another person or people.

3. Unfairness; the state of not being fair or just.

Usage notes

• Injustice and unjust use different prefixes, as French injustice was borrowed into English, while unjust was formed as un- + just. The spelling injust, from French injuste, is very rarely used, and unjustice, from un- + justice, is nonstandard.

Synonyms

• justicelessness
• unjustice (nonstandard)
• wrong
• wrength

Related terms

• just
• justice
• unjust
• injust, injustly (rare)

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin ini?stitia, inj?stitia, from iniustus (“unjust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.?ys.tis/

Noun

injustice f (plural injustices)

1. injustice

Related terms

• justice
• injuste

Further reading

• “injustice” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Verb

injustice

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of injustiçar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of injustiçar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of injustiçar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of injustiçar

English

Etymology

From Latin aspersi?nem, from aspersi? (“sprinkling”).

Noun

aspersion (plural aspersions)

1. An attack on somebody's reputation or good name, often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon…. [from late 16th c.]

   Synonyms: calumny, slander; see also Thesaurus:slander
2. (obsolete) A sprinkling, especially of holy water.
   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 4 scene 1

     If thou dost break her virgin knot before

     All sanctimonious ceremonies may

     With full and holy rite be minister'd,

     No sweet aspersion shall the heavens let fall

     To make this contract grow; but barren hate […]

3. (in the plural) slander, calumny

Derived terms

• cast aspersions

Translations

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “aspersion”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• repassion

French

Noun

aspersion f (plural aspersions)

1. aspersion
2. sprinkling