grievance
"air one's grievances,"
complain publicly:
Jane was afraid to complain at work but freely aired her grievances at home.
This figurative exposure to the open air is far from new; to air one's opinions or ideas dates from the early 1800s, and the precise idiom appears in James Joyce's Ulysses (1922). —Dictionary.com.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English greva(u)nce < Old French grevance. See grieve, -ance. C15 grevance, from Old French, from grever to grieve 1. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of grievance: 14th century. History and Etymology for grievance: see grieve. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 7 July 2020 {9:45 PM} // Updated: 31 July 2020 {11:03 AM}
complain publicly:
Jane was afraid to complain at work but freely aired her grievances at home.
This figurative exposure to the open air is far from new; to air one's opinions or ideas dates from the early 1800s, and the precise idiom appears in James Joyce's Ulysses (1922). —Dictionary.com.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English greva(u)nce < Old French grevance. See grieve, -ance. C15 grevance, from Old French, from grever to grieve 1. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of grievance: 14th century. History and Etymology for grievance: see grieve. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 7 July 2020 {9:45 PM} // Updated: 31 July 2020 {11:03 AM}