complication
The act or process of complicating.
Other meanings
The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper.
Related words
- decomplication
- overcomplication
- uncomplication
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "complicatio" (complicatio, complicationem).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “complication” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.