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Noun: plaint  pleynt
  1. [Brit] A written statement of the grounds of complaint made to court of law asking for the grievance to be redressed
     
  2. [literary] A cry of sorrow and grief
    - lament, lamentation, wail

Derived forms: plaints

Type of: allegation, complaint

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