Woman's complaint when mother leaves (4)

I believe the answer is:

lady

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'woman's' is the definition.
(lady is a kind of woman)

I don't understand the rest of the clue.

(Other definitions for lady that I've seen before include "Title for a knight's wife" , "See 19" , "Female peer" , "High-class woman" , "older female" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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