# injury

Pronunciation: US say "IN-jur-ee" /ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ.i/; UK say "IN-juh-ree" /ˈɪn.d͡ʒə.ɹi/

## Noun

1. Damage to the body of a person, animal, or other living thing.
   - Simple: Harm done to the body of a person, animal, or other living thing.
   - _The athlete recovered slowly from a knee injury._
   - _Repeated impacts can cause lasting injury to the joints._
2. Harm of a kind other than bodily, done to a person's feelings or mind, or to their reputation, rights, property, or interests.
   - Simple: Harm that is not to the body, such as hurt feelings or damage to someone's name, rights, or things.
   - _The libel caused lasting injury to his professional reputation._
   - _They sued for the injury done to their property rights by the encroachment._

## Noun

3. Unfair or wrongful treatment of a person; an act of injustice. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: An unfair or wrongful act done to someone.

## Verb

4. To do wrong to someone; to injure or harm a person. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To treat someone wrongly or cause them harm.

## Origin

This word comes from Middle English injurie, borrowed from Anglo-Norman injurie, which goes back to Latin iniūria ("injustice, wrong, offense"). The Latin word was built from in- ("not") and iūs, iūris ("right, law"), and injury is a doublet of injuria.

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