Meanings
plural remonstrations
- countableuncountableEarnest protest or objection, disapproving pleading, or an act thereof.
His voice full of remonstration, he repeated continually: "Time's up, gentlemen. Go on now and get your lunch. Lunch time now. Go on now, or I'll have to report you. Time's up."
1903, Frank Norris, chapter 3, in The PitSynonyms: remonstrance
Synonyms & antonyms
nounEarnest protest or objection, disapproving pleading, or an act thereof.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
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Origin
- Medieval Latinremōnstrātiō
- Englishremonstration
From Middle English, from Medieval Latin remōnstrātiō.
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