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noun(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
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nounan often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
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nounan expression of grievance or resentmenttype of:
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noun(civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is basedtype of:
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noun(formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow
Definition that contains complaint
- answer the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
- kick express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
- noise a loud outcry of protest or complaint
- complain express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
- plain express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
- muttering a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
- murmuring a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
- peck bother persistently with trivial complaints
- nag bother persistently with trivial complaints
- whine a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way