A Topical Dictionary: Search for complaint

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English

Pronunciation

IPA: /kʌmˈpleɪnt/
: Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪnt|-eɪnt

Etymology

compleynte < compleint, from compleindre.

Noun

:In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based;
The purpose is to give notice to the adversary of the nature and basis of the claim asserted.
:In Criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.
However, court proceedings, such as a trial, cannot be instituted until an indictment or information has been handed down against the defendant.
a grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
: I have no complaints about the quality of his work, but I don't enjoy his company.
a bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
: Don't come too close, I've got this nasty complaint.

Translations

Chinese:
: Mandarin: (yuàn yán)
Czech: {{t-|cs|stížnost|f}}
Finnish: valitus, reklamaatio, kantelu
German: {{t+|de|Klage|f}}, {{t+|de|Anzeige|f}}, {{t+|de|Monierung|f}}, {{t+|de|Reklamation|f}}, {{t-|de|Beanstandung|f}}, {{t+|de|Beschwerde|f}}

Greek: {{t+|el|παράπονο|n|sc=Grek}} (parápono)
Kurdish: gazin , gilî , rexne , şikayet ,
Norwegian: klage , innvending

Chinese:
: Mandarin: (jí bìng)

Finnish:
German: {{t+|de|Beschwerde|f}}, {{t+|de|Leiden|f}}, {{t+|de|Krankheit|f}}

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Complaint \Com*plaint"\ (k[o^]m*pl[=a]nt"), n. [F. complainte.
See Complain.]
1. Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment;
lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.
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I poured out my complaint before him. --Ps. cxlii.
2.
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Grievous complaints of you. --Shak.
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2. Cause or subject of complaint or murmuring.
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The poverty of the clergy in England hath been the
complaint of all who wish well to the church.
--Swift.
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3. An ailment or disease of the body.
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One in a complaint of his bowels. --Arbuthnot.
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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.
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WordNet complaint
n 1: an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for
complaining [syn: ailment, ill]
2: (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or
sorrow
3: an expression of grievance or resentment
4: (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out
the facts on which the claim for relief is based
5: (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense;
"he was arrested on a charge of larceny" [syn: charge]

Moby Dictionary
abnormality , accusal , accusation , accusing , acute disease ,
affection , affidavit , affliction , ailment , allegation , allegement ,
allergic disease , allergy , arraignment , atrophy , bacterial disease ,
ban , beef , beefing , bellyache , bellyaching , bill ,
bill of complaint , bill of particulars , birth defect , bitch ,
bitching , blackball , blackballing , blame , blight , boycott ,
bringing of charges , bringing to book , cardiovascular disease ,
challenge , charge , chronic disease , circulatory disease , claim ,
combative reaction , complaining , complication , compunction ,
condition , congenital defect , count , counteraction , declaration ,
defect , defiance , deficiency disease , deformity ,
degenerative disease , delation , demonstration , demur , demurrer ,
denouncement , denunciation , deposition , destructive criticism ,
dim view , disability , disagreement , disappointment , disapprobation ,
disapproval , discontent , discontentedness , discontentment , disease ,
disenchantment , disesteem , disfavor , disgruntlement , disillusion ,
disillusionment , disorder , displeasure , dispute , disrespect ,
dissatisfaction , dissent , dissentience , distaste , distemper ,
endemic , endemic disease , endocrine disease , epidemic disease ,
exception , exclusion , expostulation , faultfinding , fractiousness ,
functional disease , fungus disease , gastrointestinal disease ,
genetic disease , grievance , grievance committee , gripe , griping ,
groan , groaning , grouse , grousing , grumble , grumbling , handicap ,
hereditary disease , holler , howl , iatrogenic disease , ill , illness ,
impeachment , implication , imputation , indictment , indignation ,
indignation meeting , indisposition , infectious disease , infirmity ,
information , innuendo , insinuation , kick , kicking , lawsuit ,
laying of charges , libel , low estimation , low opinion , malady ,
malaise , march , morbidity , morbus , murmuring , muscular disease ,
narratio , negativism , neurological disease , nolle prosequi ,
noncooperation , nonsuit , nonviolent protest , nutritional disease ,
objection , obstinacy , occupational disease , opposition , opposure ,
organic disease , ostracism , pandemic disease , passive resistance ,
pathological condition , pathology , peeve , peevishness , pet peeve ,
petulance , picketing , plaint , plant disease , prosecution , protest ,
protest demonstration , protestation , protozoan disease ,
psychosomatic disease , qualm , querulousness , rally , reaction ,
rebuff , recalcitrance , recalcitrancy , recalcitration ,
refractoriness , rejection , reluctance , remonstrance , remonstration ,
renitence , renitency , repellence , repellency , reproach , repulse ,
repulsion , resistance , respiratory disease , revolt , rockiness ,
scolding , scruple , secondary disease , seediness , sickishness ,
sickness , signs , sit-in , sniping , squawk , squawking , stand ,
statement , statement of facts , strike , suit , symptomatology ,
symptomology , symptoms , syndrome , taxing , teach-in , the pip ,
thumbs-down , true bill , uncooperativeness , unhappiness ,
unspoken accusation , urogenital disease , veiled accusation ,
virus disease , wasting disease , whining , withstanding ,
worm disease , yapping

COMPLAINT, crim. law. The allegation made to a proper officer, that some person, whether known or unknown, has been guilty of a designated offence, with an offer to prove the fact, and a request that the offender may be punished. 2. To have a legal effect, the complaint must be supported by such evidence as shows that an offence has been committed, and renders it certain or probable that it was committed by the person named or described in the complaint.