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Words related to complaint

Related / Similar Words: charge, ailment, ill

Definition:

(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny";

(civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based;

an expression of grievance or resentment;

(formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow;

an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining;

Hyponyms: accusation, accusal, libel, grievance, grumble, grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering, jeremiad, kvetch, pet peeve, whimper, whine, exclamation, lament, lamentation, plaint, wail, pip, motion sickness, kinetosis

Part Meronyms: indictment, bill of indictment

Derivational Morphology: complain, charge, accuse, lodge, file, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch, afflict, trouble, ail, pain

Anagrams: compliant

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