n. [ F. complainte. See Complain. ] 1. Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding. [ 1913 Webster ] I poured out my complaint before him. Ps. cxlii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ] Grievous complaints of you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Cause or subject of complaint or murmuring. [ 1913 Webster ] The poverty of the clergy in England hath been the complaint of all who wish well to the church. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. An ailment or disease of the body. [ 1913 Webster ] One in a complaint of his bowels. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. (Law) 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. Syn. -- Lamentation; murmuring; sorrow; grief; disease; illness; disorder; malady; ailment. [ 1913 Webster ] | 
