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  • 21complaint — [[t]kəmple͟ɪnt[/t]] ♦♦♦ complaints 1) N VAR: oft N about n A complaint is a statement in which you express your dissatisfaction with a particular situation. There s been a record number of complaints about the standard of service on Britain s… …

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  • 22complaint — /keuhm playnt /, 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… …

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  • 23complaint — noun 1) they lodged a complaint Syn: protest, objection, grievance, grouse, cavil, quibble, grumble; charge, accusation, criticism; jeremiad; informal beef, gripe, whinge; Law plaint 2) little cause for complaint …

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  • 24complaint*/*/ — [kəmˈpleɪnt] noun 1) [C/U] a statement that you are not satisfied with something I intend to make a complaint.[/ex] There s been a complaint about your work.[/ex] Several complaints have been made against him.[/ex] complaints that the building is …

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  • 25complaint — noun 1) they lodged a complaint Syn: protest, objection, grievance, grouse, grumble, criticism; informal gripe, whinge 2) a kidney complaint Syn: disorder, disease, illness …

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  • 26complaint — /kəm pleɪnt/ noun a statement that you feel something is wrong ● complaints from the workforce about conditions in the factory ● When making a complaint, always quote the reference number. ● She sent her letter of complaint to the managing… …

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  • 27complaint — A bill in equity. 27 Am J2d Eq § 179; a pleading by which the plaintiff in a civil action, whether of a legal or equitable nature, sets out the cause of action and invokes the jurisdiction of the court. 41 Am J1st Pl § 73. In some instances and… …

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  • 28complaint — noun /kʌmˈpleɪnt/ a) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based;The purpose is to give notice to the adversary of the nature and basis of the claim asserted. I have no complaints about …

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  • 29complaint — Synonyms and related words: abnormality, accusal, accusation, accusing, acute disease, affection, affidavit, affliction, ailment, allegation, allegement, allergic disease, allergy, arraignment, atrophy, bacterial disease, ban, beef, beefing,… …

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  • 30complaint — com•plaint [[t]kəmˈpleɪnt[/t]] n. 1) an expression of discontent, regret, pain, censure, resentment, or grief; lament; faultfinding 2) a cause of discontent, pain, grief, etc 3) a cause of bodily pain or ailment; malady: to suffer from a rare… …

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