complaint
Pronunciation: /kəmˈpleɪnt/
The English word “complaint” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act of complaining.
- A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern.
- In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based.
- In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.
- A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder.
Etymology
From Middle English compleynte, from Anglo-Norman compleint, from Old French compleindre, eventually from Latin planctus (whence plaint).
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More English words
- complainer
- complaining
- complainingly
- complainingness
- complaintful
- complaintive
- complaintiveness
- complaintless
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