complaint

[Com*plaintĀ·]

A complaint is an objection to something that is unfair, unacceptable, or otherwise not up to normal standards. If your neighbors have a complaint about noise, they want you to be more quiet.

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Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.

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(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"

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(civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based

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an expression of grievance or resentment

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(formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow

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an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining

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Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.

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Cause or subject of complaint or murmuring.

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An ailment or disease of the body.

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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.


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.
Grievous complaints of you.
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.
3. An ailment or disease of the body.
One in a complaint of his bowels.
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.

Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.

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Usage Examples

The complaint of bad pay, and difficulty in obtaining it, is almost generally reiterated through every department of education.

He who avoids complaint invites happiness.

With respect to the first of these obstacles, it has often been made a matter of grave complaint against Political Economists, that they confine their attention to Wealth, and disregard all consideration of Happiness or Virtue.

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Other Usage Examples

As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.

A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.

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