1. An expression of grievance or resentment
   "The customer filed a complaint about the poor service"
    
2. (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
   "The lawyer filed a complaint alleging negligence on the part of the hospital"
    
3. (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offence
   "he was arrested on a complaint of larceny";
   - charge
    
4. (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain, rage or sorrow
   "The wounded soldier's complaints echoed through the battlefield"
    
5. An often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
   "She visited the doctor for a minor complaint";
   - ailment, ill

Derived forms: complaints

Type of: beef [informal], bitch [informal], cry, disorder, gripe [informal], kick [informal], objection, pleading, squawk [informal], upset, yell

Part of: bill of indictment, indictment

Encyclopedia: Complaint