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plaint

  [pleynt]
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–noun
1. a complaint.
2. Law. a statement of grievance made to a court for the purpose of asking redress.
3. a lament; lamentation.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME < MF < L planctus a striking or beating (the breast) in grief, equiv. to plang(ere) to beat, strike, mourn for + -tus, suffix of v. action
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plaint   (plānt)   
n.  

  1. A complaint.

  2. An utterance of grief or sorrow; a lamentation.


[Middle English, from Old French plainte, from Latin plānctus, lament, from past participle of plangere, to strike one's breast, lament; see plāk-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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