complaint

Noun

• (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
  • he was arrested on a charge of larceny
    

• (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based

• an expression of grievance or resentment

• (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow

• an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  charge , ailment , ill