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plaint

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

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

plaint [pleɪnt]
n
1. (Literature / Poetry) Archaic a complaint or lamentation
2. (Law) Law a statement in writing of grounds of complaint made to a court of law and asking for redress of the grievance
[from Old French plainte, from Latin planctus lamentation, from plangere to beat]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.plaint - (United Kingdom) a written statement of the grounds of complaint made to court of law asking for the grievance to be redressed
allegation - (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.plaintplaint - a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"
complaint - (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow
Translations
plaint
n (liter)
(= complaint)Wehklage f (geh)
(= cry)Gejammer nt; the moans and plaints of their childrendas Gequäke und Gejammer ihrer Kinder


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And when thou sayest, "I have no longer a conscience in common with you," then will it be a plaint and a pain.
Within, the sea, as if agitated by an internal commotion, leaped in peaked mounds that jostled each other, slapping heavily against her sides; and a low moaning sound, the infinite plaint of the storm's fury, came from beyond the limits of the menacing calm.
No echoes of that discord shall be heard Where Father Tagus rolls, or on the banks Of olive-bordered Betis; to the rocks Or in deep caverns shall my plaint be told, And by a lifeless tongue in living words; Or in dark valleys or on lonely shores, Where neither foot of man nor sunbeam falls; Or in among the poison-breathing swarms Of monsters nourished by the sluggish Nile.
 
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