complaint
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
Types & categories
- disorder hypernym
- pip hyponym
- motion sickness hyponym
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Sense 2 noun
(formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow
Types & categories
- cry hypernym
- exclamation hyponym
- lamentation hyponym
Sense 3 noun
an expression of grievance or resentment
Types & categories
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- plain derivation
Sense 4 noun
(civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
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Sense 5 noun
(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
he was arrested on a charge of larceny
Types & categories
- pleading hypernym
- accusation hyponym
Parts & wholes
- indictment part holonym
Related & opposite
- charge derivation
- complain derivation
- lodge derivation
- criminal law domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pain |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ail |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | disorder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pip |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | motion sickness |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cry |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | exclamation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lamentation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | plain |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | objection |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | grievance |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | grumble |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | jeremiad |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | kvetch |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pet peeve |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | whimper |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | complain |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | civil law |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | pleading |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | libel |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | charge |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | complain |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | lodge |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | criminal law |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | indictment |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | pleading |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | accusation |