[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

plaint \plaint\, n. oe. plainte, pleynte, f. plainte, fr. l.
   plangere, planctum plancta, fem. p. p., to beat, beat the
   breast, lament. cf. complain, plague, plangent.
   1. audible expression of sorrow; lamentation; complaint;
      hence, a mournful song; a lament. --chaucer."the
      psalmist's mournful plaint." --wordsworth.
      1913 webster

   2. an accusation or protest on account of an injury.
      1913 webster

            there are three just grounds of war with spain: one
            of plaint, two upon defense.          --bacon.
      1913 webster

   3. law a private memorial tendered to a court, in which a
      person sets forth his cause of action; the exhibiting of
      an action in writing. --blackstone.
      1913 webster
see also:
complain plague plangent 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

plaint
     n 1: a written statement of the grounds of complaint made to
          court law asking for the grievance to be redressed
     2: a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be
        heard throughout the ward" syn: lament, lamentation,
        wail
see also:
lament lamentation wail 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

55 moby thesaurus words for "plaint":
   accusal, accusation, accusing, allegation, allegement, arraignment,
   bawl, bill of particulars, blame, bringing of charges,
   bringing to book, charge, complaint, count, cry, delation,
   denouncement, denunciation, dolorous tirade, groan, howl,
   impeachment, implication, imputation, indictment, information,
   innuendo, insinuation, jeremiad, keen, lament, lawsuit,
   laying of charges, moan, murmur, mutter, outcry, planctus,
   prosecution, reproach, scream, sob, suit, taxing, tirade,
   true bill, ululation, unspoken accusation, veiled accusation, wail,
   wail of woe, whimper, whine, yawp, yowl

[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

plaint, eng. law. the exhibiting of any action, real or personal, in 
writing; the party making his plaint is called the plaintiff. 

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