Complain vs. Complaint
Complainverb
(intransitive) To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
Complainverb
(intransitive) To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge.
Complainverb
To creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel.
Complainverb
To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; - commonly used with of. Also, to creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel.
Complainverb
To make a formal accusation; to make a charge.
Complainverb
To lament; to bewail.
Complainverb
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness;
Complainverb
make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge;
Complaintnoun
A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining.
Complaintnoun
(legal) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based; The purpose is to give notice to the adversary of the nature and basis of the claim asserted.
Complaintnoun
(legal) In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate. However, court proceedings, such as a trial, cannot be instituted until an indictment or information has been handed down against the defendant.
Complaintnoun
A consumer complaint.
Complaintnoun
A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder.
Complaintnoun
Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.
Complaintnoun
Cause or subject of complaint or murmuring.
Complaintnoun
An ailment or disease of the body.
Complaintnoun
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.
Complaintnoun
an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
Complaintnoun
(formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow
Complaintnoun
an expression of grievance or resentment
Complaintnoun
(civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
Complaintnoun
(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense;
Complaint
In legal terminology, a complaint is any formal legal document that sets out the facts and legal reasons (see: cause of action) that the filing party or parties (the plaintiff(s)) believes are sufficient to support a claim against the party or parties against whom the claim is brought (the defendant(s)) that entitles the plaintiff(s) to a remedy (either money damages or injunctive relief). For example, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) that govern civil litigation in United States courts provide that a civil action is commenced with the filing or service of a pleading called a complaint.
