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Definition of contrivance in the English dictionary The first definition of contrivance in the dictionary is something contrived, esp an ingenious device; contraption. Other definition of contrivance is the act or faculty of devising or adapting; inventive skill or ability. Contrivance is also an artificial rather than natural selection or arrangement of details, parts, etc.
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Grievance(verb) a cause of uneasiness and complaint; a wrong done and suffered; that which gives ground for remonstrance or resistance, as arising from injustice, tyranny, etc.; injury. 2  Grievance(verb) grieving; grief; affliction.