meaning of complaint
1. Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.
2. Cause or subject of complaint or murmuring.
3. An ailment or disease of the body.
4. 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.
5. criminal law a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of
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Related Words
complaint | complaintful | complaintive |
