complaint
IPA: kʌmpɫˈeɪnt
noun
- The act of complaining.
- A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern.
- (law) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based;
- (law) In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.
- A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder.
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Examples of "complaint" in Sentences
- I was the object of the complaint.
- The court dismissed the complaint.
- He had to cope with the complaints.
- The complaint is one and indivisible.
- So that's the source of the undue complaint.
- The complaint is the pattern of the behaviour.
- The deltions and complaints are not nefarious.
- I'm disappointed by the complaint and the response.
- Nobody is asking for the specifics of the complaint.
- A reading of the indictment and complaints proves the opposite.