Complaint

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An expression of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
  • n. A cause or reason for complaining; a grievance.
  • n. A bodily disorder or disease; a malady or ailment.
  • n. The symptom or distress about which a patient seeks medical assistance.
  • n. Law The presentation by the plaintiff in a civil action, setting forth the claim on which relief is sought.
  • n. Law A formal charge, made under oath, of the commission of a crime or other such offense.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining.
  • n. In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based; The purpose is to give notice to the adversary of the nature and basis of the claim asserted.
  • n. In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate. However, court proceedings, such as a trial, cannot be instituted until an indictment or information has been handed down against the defendant.
  • n. A consumer complaint.
  • n. A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.
  • n. Cause or subject of complaint or murmuring.
  • n. An ailment or disease of the body.
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, resentment, or discontent; lamentation; faultfinding; murmuring.
  • n. That which is complained of; a cause of grief, discontent, lamentation, etc.
  • n. A cause of bodily pain or uneasiness; a malady; a disease; an ailment: usually applied to disorders not violent.
  • n. A formal accusation; a charge that an offense has been committed; especially, such a charge presented to an officer or a court for the purpose of instituting prosecution.
  • n. In many of the United States, the pleading in which the plaintiff in a civil action formally sets forth the facts of his case, with his claim for relief thereon: corresponding to the declaration at common law, the bill in equity, and the libel in admiralty.
  • n. A poem bewailing ill fortune in matters of love; a plaint.
  • n. Synonyms Lament.
  • n. Ailment, disorder, distemper, illness.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
  • n. (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
  • n. (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
  • n. (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow
  • n. an expression of grievance or resentment
  • Cross Reference
    ailment   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    malady    sorrow    grief    disorder    illness    murmuring    disease    ailment    lamentation    accusation   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Paint    Saint    acquaint    constraint    faint    feint    paint    quaint    repaint    restraint   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    protest    inquiry    accusation    objection    anxiety    disorder    symptom    suspicion    concern    threat