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com·plaint (kəm plānt′)
noun
- the act of complaining; utterance of pain, displeasure, annoyance, etc.
- a subject or cause for complaining; grievance
- an illness; ailment
- Law a pleading setting forth the plaintiff's case or cause of action; formal charge or accusation
Etymology: ME complainte < OFr < complaindre
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complaint
n.
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Preposition: about
- maladministration: The European Ombudsman can consider any complaint about maladministration on the part of one of the bodies covered by the scheme.
Converse of object
- uphold: We did not uphold the complaint against the PCT.
Adjective modifier
- formal: His belief the decision had been taken inappropriately formed the basis of his second formal complaint.
Modifies a noun
- procedure: Full details of the insurer's complaints procedure will be set out in your policy booklet.
Noun used with modifier
- endowment: My client is having great problems getting her mortgage endowment mis-selling complaint sorted.
Preposition: of
- harassment: It will investigate complaints of harassment, which should normally be directed through the official grievance procedure.
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Much in life cannot be affectedbut must be bornewithout complaint, because complaints are a boreand undermine the serenity essential to endurance.
Nothing really wrong with himöonlyanno domini, but that's the most fatal complaint of all, in the end.
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