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What does complaint mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word complaint? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining.
  2. (law) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based;
  3. (law) In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.
  4. A consumer complaint.
  5. A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder.
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His neighbour in turn fired off a complaint to the council about the noise made by the large collection of birds in his aviary.
There is just one complaint today by a Russian juggler, who is eating the pile of Russian salad on his plate.
A Hampshire Internet Service Provider is looking for others to rally round and support a complaint it's made.
Officers are currently investigating the complaint and as yet no charges have been filed.
But curiously the paper contains not a whisper of complaint from Peter or his fellow attack dogs.
Steve's is not the first complaint I have received about unwanted rubbish being left in the back alleys behind terraced homes.

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