plaint

plaint

P0346500 (plānt)n.1. A complaint.2. An utterance of grief or sorrow; a lamentation.

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[Middle English, from Old French plainte, from Latin plānctus, lament, from past participle of plangere, to strike one's breast, lament; see plāk- in Indo-European roots.]

plaint

(pleɪnt) n1. (Poetry) archaic a complaint or lamentation2. (Law) law a statement in writing of grounds of complaint made to a court of law and asking for redress of the grievance[C13: from Old French plainte, from Latin planctus lamentation, from plangere to beat]

plaint

(pleɪnt)

n. 1. a complaint. 2. a lament; lamentation. [1175–1225; Middle English < Middle French < Latin planctus a striking or beating (the breast) in grief =plang(ere) to beat, strike, mourn for + -tus suffix of v. action]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	plaint - (United Kingdom) a written statement of the grounds of complaint made to court of law asking for the grievance to be redressedallegation - (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law); "an allegation of malpractice"Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
	2.	plaint - a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"lament, lamentation, wailcomplaint - (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow

Translations

lamentelaquerela