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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Complaint \Com*plaint"\, n. [F. complainte. See {Complain}.] 1. Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding. I poured out my complaint before him --Ps. cxlii 2. Grievous complaints of you --Shak. 2. Cause or subject of complaint or murmuring. The poverty of the clergy in England hath been the complaint of all who wish well to the church. --Swift. 3. An ailment or disease of the body. One in a complaint of his bowels. --Arbuthnot. 4. (Law) A formal allegation or charge against a party made or presented to the appropriate court or officer, as for a wrong done or a crime committed (in the latter case, generally under oath); an information; accusation; the initial bill in proceedings in equity. Syn: Lamentation; murmuring; sorrow; grief; disease; illness; disorder; malady; ailment. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: complaint n 1: an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining [syn: {ailment}, {ill}] 2: a formal accusation against somebody [syn: {allegation}] 3: (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow 4: an expression of grievance or resentment 5: (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based 6: (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny" [syn: {charge}]
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