Bible Dictionaries
Complaint

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Cause or subject of complaint or murmuring.

(2):

(n.) An ailment or disease of the body.

(3):

(n.) 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.

(4):

(n.) Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Complaint'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/complaint.html. 1828.