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noun
The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an exclamation of protest or remonstrance or reproof
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: exclamation, exclaiming
noun
the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: remonstrance, remonstration, objection
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: communication, communicating
History
From Latin expostulātiōnem, accusative singular of expostulātiō (“complaint, expostulation”), from expostulō (“demand, expostulate”), from ex (“out of, from”) + postulō (“demand or claim”). See expostulate.
