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Noun complaint 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:
grievance; grumble, grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering; jeremiad; kvetch; pet peeve; whimper, whine

Derived form: verb complain₁
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
Derived form: verb complain₂
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
Derived form: verb complain₂