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Definition of Complaint
Complaint 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.