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Noun co mplaint has 5 senses
- ailment, complaint, ill - an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
--1 is a kind of disorder, upset
--1 has particulars: pip; motion sickness, kinetosis
- complaint - (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow
--2 is a kind of cry, yell
--2 has particulars: exclamation; lament, lamentation, plaint, wail
- complaint - an expression of grievance or resentment
--3 is a kind of objection
--3 has particulars:
- complaint - (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
--4 is a kind of pleading
--4 has particulars: libel
- charge, complaint - (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"
--5 is a kind of pleading
--5 is a part of indictment, bill of indictment
--5 has particulars: accusation, accusal
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