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noun (n)

• an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining(noun.state)

  Synonym:
  ailment, ill
  

  source: wordnet30
• (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow(noun.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• an expression of grievance or resentment(noun.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based(noun.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  charge
  

  source: wordnet30
• Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.(noun)

  source: webster1913