Definition of "injury" in English

noun

1. Damage to the body of a living thing.

   • The passenger sustained a severe injury in the car accident.
   • He got a shoulder injury in the nets three days before the match.

2. Other forms of damage sustained by a living thing, e.g. psychologically.

3. The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests.

   • Slander is an injury to the character.

4. (archaic) Injustice.

verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To wrong, to injure.

   • The best of us doth not so much feare to wrong him, as he doth to injurie his neighbour, his kinsman, or his master.