Dictionary![]() ![]() com•plaintPronunciation: (kum-plānt'), [key] —n. 1. an expression of discontent, regret, pain, censure, resentment, or grief; lament; faultfinding: his complaint about poor schools. 2. a cause of discontent, pain, grief, lamentation, etc. 3. a cause of bodily pain or ailment; malady: The doctor says I suffer from a rare complaint. 4. Law.the first pleading of the plaintiff in a civil action, stating the cause of action. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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