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remonstrance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | expostulation, objection, remonstration |
| Type of | communicating, communication |
Examples of remonstrance
remonstrance
Each group had an allotted ten-minute remonstrance at Japan's official doorstep.
From the economist.com
Throughout the world there were cries of remonstrance from those who admired Tolstoy.
From the theatlantic.com
She knew that it was scarcely the hour for remonstrance of that kind.
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I am glad you stopped pouting about my overly harsh remonstrance.
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What remonstrance was there that could hold a true Gregoriev from the pursuits of his maturity?
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In exchange, the Parlement recovered its right of remonstrance.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Shackleton's firm remonstrance finally brought the carpenter to heel, but the incident was never forgotten.
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There has been remonstrance but no sabre-rattling.
From the economist.com
Nope. I couldn't resist some kind of remonstrance.
From the happiness-project.com
- Expostulation: the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
- The Grand Remonstrance was a list of grievances presented to King Charles I of England by the English Parliament on 1 December 1641, but passed by the House of Commons on the 22nd of November 1641, during the Long Parliament; it was one of the chief events which were to precipitate the English ...
- The Remonstrances (sometimes written in the original Anglo-Norman: Monstraunces) were a set of complaints presented by a group of nobles in 1297, against the government of King Edward I of England. ...
- A remonstration; disapproval; a formal, usually written, protest or objection
- (remonstrances) protests, complaints, or expostulations.
- A protest. It is a Constitutional right of legislators that "any member of either house shall have the right to protest, and have his protest, with his reasons for dissent, entered on the journal." (Oregon Constitution, Article IV, Section 26)
- An earnest presentation of reasons for opposition or grievance, especially a document formally stating such points.
