Meanings
plural objections
- The act of objecting.
last-minute objection
1 more example
In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6 - A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to).
I have no objection to any person's religion.
1 more example
There are millions of Jews living in this country, who have known no other home than America, many of whom have strong objections to racism–and who vote, in a supermajority, for the Democratic Party.
2019 July 17, Talia Lavin, “When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield”, in GQ - lawAn official protest raised in a court of law during a legal trial over a violation of the rules of the court by the opposing party.
Counsel for the property owner immediately raised an objection which was sustained following argument outside the presence of the jury.
1994, Stephen Davis Porter, editor, Illinois Appellate Reports: Official Reports of the Illinois Appellate Court, page 500
- USlawAn assertion that a question or statement is in violation of the rules of the court.
Objection! That is irrelevant to this case, Your Honor!
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to).
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
nounthe act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinobiectio
- Old Frenchobjeccion
- Middle Frenchobjection
- Englishobjection
From Middle French objection, from Old French objeccion, from Latin obiectio. Equivalent to object + -ion.
More words from Middle French, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic اِعْتَرَاض, اِعْتَرَاض
- اِعْتَرَاض (iʕtarāḍ)act of objecting
- اِعْتَرَاض (iʕtarāḍ)statement expressing opposition
- اِعْتِرَاض (iʕtirāḍ)official protest raised in a court of law
Bengali এতেরাজ, এতেরাজ
- এতেরাজ (eteraj)statement expressing opposition
- এতেরাজ (eteraj)official protest raised in a court of law
Bulgarian възражение, възражение
- възражение (văzraženie)act of objecting
- възражение (văzraženie)statement expressing opposition
- възражение (văzraženie)official protest raised in a court of law
Catalan objecció, objecció
- objeccióact of objecting
- objeccióstatement expressing opposition
Chinese Mandarin 異議 /异议, 異議 /异议
- 異議 /异议 (yìyì)act of objecting
- 異議 /异议 (yìyì)statement expressing opposition
Czech námitka, námitka
- námitkaact of objecting
- námitkastatement expressing opposition
- námitkaofficial protest raised in a court of law
Dutch tegenspraak, tegenwerping
- tegenspraakact of objecting
- tegenwerpingstatement expressing opposition
- bezwaarstatement expressing opposition
- bezwaarofficial protest raised in a court of law
Esperanto obĵeto, malkonsento
- obĵetoact of objecting
- malkonsentostatement expressing opposition
- kontraŭparolostatement expressing opposition
Finnish vastustus, vastaväite
- vastustusact of objecting
- vastaväitestatement expressing opposition
- vastalauseofficial protest raised in a court of law
French objection, objection
- objectionact of objecting
- objectionstatement expressing opposition
- objectionofficial protest raised in a court of law
German Beanstandung, Einwand
- Beanstandungact of objecting
- Einwandstatement expressing opposition
- Widerspruchstatement expressing opposition
- Einspruchofficial protest raised in a court of law
Greek αντίρρηση, αντίρρηση
- αντίρρηση (antírrisi)act of objecting
- αντίρρηση (antírrisi)statement expressing opposition
- ένσταση (énstasi)official protest raised in a court of law
Hebrew הִתנַגְדוּת
- הִתנַגְדוּת (hitnagdút)official protest raised in a court of law
Hindi आपत्ति, आपत्ति
- आपत्ति (āpatti)act of objecting
- आपत्ति (āpatti)statement expressing opposition
- आपत्ति (āpatti)official protest raised in a court of law
Hungarian tiltakozás, ellenvetés
- tiltakozásact of objecting
- ellenvetésstatement expressing opposition
- ellenzésstatement expressing opposition
- ellenérvstatement expressing opposition
- ellene szóló érvstatement expressing opposition
- kifogásofficial protest raised in a court of law
- tiltakozásofficial protest raised in a court of law
- ellentmondásofficial protest raised in a court of law
- felszólamlásofficial protest raised in a court of law
Icelandic andmæli, mótbára
- andmæliact of objecting
- mótbáraact of objecting
Indonesian berkeberatan, keberatan
- berkeberatanact of objecting
- keberatanstatement expressing opposition
- penolakanstatement expressing opposition
- keberatanofficial protest raised in a court of law
Irish agóid, agóid
- agóidact of objecting
- agóidstatement expressing opposition
- agóidofficial protest raised in a court of law
Italian obiezione, obiezione
- obiezioneact of objecting
- obiezionestatement expressing opposition
- obiezioneofficial protest raised in a court of law
Japanese 異議, 反対
- 異議 (igi)act of objecting
- 反対 (hantai)statement expressing opposition
- 異議 (igi)statement expressing opposition
- 異論 (iron)statement expressing opposition
- 異議あり (igiari)official protest raised in a court of law
Korean 반대, 이의
- 반대 (bandae)statement expressing opposition
- 이의 (iui)statement expressing opposition
- 이의 있음 (iui isseum)official protest raised in a court of law
Latin obiectio, obiectiones
- obiectioact of objecting
- obiectionesact of objecting
Māori kupu whakahē
- kupu whakahēstatement expressing opposition
Norwegian Bokmål innvending, protest
- innvendingact of objecting
- protestact of objecting
- innvendingstatement expressing opposition
Persian اعتراض, اعتراض
- اعتراض (e'terâz)statement expressing opposition
- اعتراض (e'terâz)official protest raised in a court of law
Polish sprzeciw, sprzeciw
- sprzeciwact of objecting
- sprzeciwstatement expressing opposition
- sprzeciwofficial protest raised in a court of law
Portuguese objeção, objeção
- objeçãoact of objecting
- objeçãostatement expressing opposition
- protestoofficial protest raised in a court of law
- objeçãoofficial protest raised in a court of law
Romanian obiectare, obiecție
- obiectareact of objecting
- obiecțieact of objecting
- obiecțiestatement expressing opposition
- proteststatement expressing opposition
- obiecțieofficial protest raised in a court of law
- protestofficial protest raised in a court of law
Russian возраже́ние, возраже́ние
- возраже́ние (vozražénije)act of objecting
- возраже́ние (vozražénije)statement expressing opposition
- возраже́ние (vozražénije)official protest raised in a court of law
- проте́ст (protést)official protest raised in a court of law
Slovak námietka, námietka
- námietkaact of objecting
- námietkaofficial protest raised in a court of law
Spanish objeción, objeción
- objeciónact of objecting
- objeciónstatement expressing opposition
- objectostatement expressing opposition
- objeciónofficial protest raised in a court of law
- protestoofficial protest raised in a court of law
Swedish invändning, gensaga
- invändningstatement expressing opposition
- gensagastatement expressing opposition
Turkish itiraz, itiraz
- itirazact of objecting
- itirazstatement expressing opposition
- itirazofficial protest raised in a court of law
Ukrainian запере́чення, запере́чення
- запере́чення (zaperéčennja)act of objecting
- запере́чення (zaperéčennja)statement expressing opposition
- запере́чення (zaperéčennja)official protest raised in a court of law
- проте́ст (protést)official protest raised in a court of law
Urdu اِعْتِراض
- اِعْتِراض (e'tirāz)official protest raised in a court of law
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with objection
Cite this entry
objection. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/objection
“objection.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/objection. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “objection,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/objection.
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