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1. An often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
   - ailment, ill
    
2. (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow
    
3. An expression of grievance or resentment
    
4. (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
    
5. (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offence
   - charge

Derived forms: complaints

See also: complain

Type of: cry, disorder, objection, pleading, upset, yell

Part of: bill of indictment, indictment

Encyclopedia: Complaint