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Complaint

noun

An often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining. Synonyms: ailment, 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. Synonym: charge.

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"Complaint" Quotes from Famous Books

... and half a bushel of peas were destroyed by salt-water, and much more damaged; much of the sugar is damaged; but as it is not prudent to open casks, the quantity lost cannot be ascertained. Wrote to the master of the Tom Tough, requesting information with reference to a complaint by Mr. Wilson, that on the 30th September his signals for a boat to bring him to the ...

— Journals of Australian Explorations • A C and F T Gregory

... shore as we're walkin'—as shore as I'm pinin' for a drink, I've listened to them mules gossip by the hour as we swings along the trail. Lots of times I saveys what they says. Once I hears the off-leader tell his mate that the jockey stick is sawin' him onder the chin. I investigates an' finds the complaint troo an' relieves him. The nigh swing mule is a wit; an' all day long he'd be throwin' off remarks that keeps a ripple of laughter goin' up an' down the team. You-all finds trouble creditin' them statements. ...

— Wolfville Days • Alfred Henry Lewis

... nervous," replied Beatrice, with a smile, controlling herself with an effort; "mamma's chief complaint against me was that I had no nerves;" adding presently to herself: "This can not last. I would rather die at once ...

— Dora Thorne • Charlotte M. Braeme

... of Barnriff—if he ever existed—was probably a drunkard, not an uncommon complaint in that settlement, or a person qualified for the state asylum. The inference is drawn from strong circumstantial evidence, and not from prejudice. As witness, the saloon seemed to have claimed his most serious effort ...

— The One-Way Trail - A story of the cattle country • Ridgwell Cullum

... of vexation come I, with complaint Against my child, my daughter Hermia.— Stand forth, Demetrius.—My noble lord, This man hath my consent to marry her:— Stand forth, Lysander;—and, my gracious duke, This man hath bewitch'd the bosom of my child. Thou, thou, Lysander, thou hast given her ...

— A Midsummer Night's Dream • William Shakespeare [Collins edition]

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