Complaint and Sanction

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Complaint noun - An expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment.

Usage example: a warning that if there were any more complaints, we were turning around and not going to the beach after all

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Sanction is an antonym for complaint in topics: illness, discontent.

Sanction noun - The approval by someone in authority for the doing of something.

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Complaint is an antonym for sanction.

Nearby Words: sanctioned, sanctity, sanctioning

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Sanction and Complaint. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 20, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/complaint/sanction

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