complaint : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: complaint	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for complaint
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
complaint n an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining Synonym(s): ailment, complaint, ill (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow an expression of grievance or resentment (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny" Synonym(s): charge, complaint
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Complaint \Complaint"\, n. [F. complainte. See {Complain}.] 1. Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding. I poured out my complaint* before him. --Ps. cxlii. 2. Grievous complaints of you. --Shak. 2. Cause or subject of complaint or murmuring. The poverty of the clergy in England hath been the complaint of all who wish well to the church. --Swift. 3. An ailment or disease of the body. One in a complaint of his bowels. --Arbuthnot. 4. (Law) A formal allegation or charge against a party made or presented to the appropriate court or officer, as for a wrong done or a crime committed (in the latter case, generally under oath); an information; accusation; the initial bill in proceedings in equity. Syn: Lamentation; murmuring; sorrow; grief; disease; illness; disorder; malady; ailment.