English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870)

injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards

an unjust act

Not in conformity with fact or truth; incorrect or erroneous, Not in accord with established usage, method, or procedure, Designating the side, as of a garment, that is less finished and not intended to show, adverb_ In a wrong manner; mistakenly or erroneously, In a wrong course or direction, In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly, transitive verb_ To discredit unjustly; malign, To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure, To impute evil to unjustly, noun_ Nonconformity or disobedience to lawful authority, divine or human; deviation from duty; -- the opposite of moral right, An invasion or a violation of another's legal rights, Law A tort