plaint

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.]

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a written statement of the grounds of complaint made to court law asking for the grievance to be redressed

Meaning #2: a cry of sorrow and grief
  Synonyms: lament, lamentation, wail

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - klage

Nederlands (Dutch)
aanklacht, weeklacht

Français (French)
n. - lamentation (littér), (Jur) demande

Deutsch (German)
n. - Klage

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (λογοτ. ή απαρχ.) θρήνος, μοιρολόι

Italiano (Italian)
lamento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - lamento (m), acusação (f)

Русский (Russian)
жалоба, стенание

Español (Spanish)
n. - lamentación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - klagomål, besvär (jur.), stämningsansökan, klagan (poet.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
悲叹, 起诉, 诉苦, 起诉状

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 悲歎, 起訴, 訴苦, 起訴狀

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 고소장, 탄식, 불평

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 苦情, 告訴

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تفجع, تهمه, احتجاج, شكوى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮האשמה, תלונה, קינה‬

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