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Meaning of 'complaint' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Complaint [ n.]
- Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.
- Cause or subject of complaint or murmuring.
- An ailment or disease of the body.
- 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.

Meaning of 'complaint' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . complaint [ n]
Meaning (1):
- (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
Example in sentence:
  • he was arrested on a charge of larceny

Nearby Words:

com- coma comanches comart comate comatose comatous comatula comatulid comb

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