1. (n.) Audible expression of sorrow; lamentation; complaint; hence, a mournful song; a lament.

2. (n.) An accusation or protest on account of an injury.

3. (n.) A private memorial tendered to a court, in which a person sets forth his cause of action; the exhibiting of an action in writing.

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