Synonym Discussion of harm. injure, harm, hurt, damage, impair, mar mean to affect injuriously. injure implies the inflicting of anything detrimental to one's looks, comfort, health, or success. â¨badly injured in an accidentâ© harm often stresses the inflicting of pain, suffering, or loss.
Initiative. In political terminology, the initiative is a process that enables citizens to bypass their state legislature by placing proposed statutes and, in some states, constitutional amendments on the ballot. The first state to adopt the initiative was South Dakota in 1898.
n â Initiative f; to take the initiative â die Initiative ergreifen; on oneâs own initiative â aus eigener Initiative; to have initiative â Initiative haben; to have the initiative â Ã¼berlegen sein; to lose the initiative â seine Ãberlegenheit verlieren; it was an initiative test for me â das hat meine Initiative auf die Probe gestellt