complaint

1. n. Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding. Source: opted

2. n. Cause or subject of complaint or murmuring. Source: opted

3. n. An ailment or disease of the body. Source: opted

4. 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. Source: opted

5. n. an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining Source: wordnet

6. n. (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow Source: wordnet

7. n. an expression of grievance or resentment Source: wordnet

8. n. (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based Source: wordnet

9. n. (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense Source: wordnet

10. 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. Source: webster

11. A formal allegation or charge against a party made or presentedto the appropriate court or officer, as for a wrong done or a crimecommitted (in the latter case, generally under oath); an information;accusation; the initial bill in proceedings in equity. Source: adambom

12. n:100 n. (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow n. an expression of grievance or resentment n. (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based Source: ecdict

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