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  1. noun An expression of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
  2. noun A cause or reason for complaining; a grievance.
  3. noun A bodily disorder or disease; a malady or ailment.
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  • This complaint is the more just, as the saint had a particular liking for France; he had learned the language with so much facility, and spoke it so readily, that they gave him the name of Francis, although he was baptized John. —  The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi
  • By searching, reflecting, and comparing, I became persuaded that the foundation of my complaint was a polypus at the heart, and Doctor Salomon appeared to coincide with the idea. —  The Confessions of J J Rousseau
  • Your complaint is against fate and humanity rather than against the poet Tennyson. —  The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
  • His advice saved me, for this complaint has been my safety-valve. —  The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death
  • One day, particularly, when he had been caught opening one of the men's chests and a complaint was thereupon made to the captain, he was called into the great cabin, and everybody being withdrawn except the captain, calling him to him, he spoke in these terms. —  Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed
 

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  1. Middle English compleinte, from Old French complainte, from feminine past participle of complaindre, to complain; see complain.

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  1. from Middle English complaynte, compleynte, compleinte, from Old French complaint, complant, masculine, also complainte, complente, complante, French complainte, feminine (= Italian compianto), from complaint, past participle of complaindre, complain: see complain, v.
 

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