Lamentation
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of lamenting. A sorrowful cry; a lament. Specifically, mourning. lamentatio, (part of) a liturgical Bible text (from the book of Job) and its musical settings, usually in the plural; hence, any dirge A group of swans.
Example sentence: There was much woe and lamentation in the seventies that the game was dying.
Plaint
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An accusation.A lament or woeful cry.