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protest
A formal declaration of disapproval or objection issued by a concerned person, group, or organization.
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  1. A formal declaration of disapproval or objection issued by a concerned person, group, or organization.
  2. A written declaration by the master of a ship attesting to the fact that damages or losses were sustained from unavoidable natural causes, and rejecting any liability of the officers and crew
  3. (Law) A declaration of objection and reservation of rights, made when action would otherwise imply consent or agreement:
complaint
A cause or reason for complaining; a grievance:
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  1. A cause or reason for complaining; a grievance:
  2. (Law) A formal statement initiating a lawsuit by specifying the facts and legal grounds for the relief sought.
  3. (Law) A pleading setting forth the plaintiff's case or cause of action; formal charge or accusation
rebuke
A sharp reprimand
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  1. A sharp reprimand
  2. An expression of strong disapproval.
reproach
One that stands as a rebuke or blame:
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  1. One that stands as a rebuke or blame:
  2. Shame, disgrace, discredit, or blame, or a source, cause, or occasion of this
  3. (Obs.) An object of blame, censure, scorn, etc.
challenge
A demand for explanation or justification; a calling into question:
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  1. A demand for explanation or justification; a calling into question:
  2. A call to engage in a contest, fight, or competition:
  3. (Law) A formal objection or exception to a person who has been chosen as a prospective juror
demur
An objection.
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  1. An objection.
  2. An act or instance of demurring
  3. An objection raised or exception taken
exception
In litigation, a formal statement made by a party indicating to the court that he or she wishes to preserve an issue for appeal. In litigation, a formal statement made by a party indicating to the court that he or she wishes to preserve an issue for appeal.
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  1. In litigation, a formal statement made by a party indicating to the court that he or she wishes to preserve an issue for appeal. In litigation, a formal statement made by a party indicating to the court that he or she wishes to preserve an issue for appeal.
  2. One that is excepted, especially a case that does not conform to a rule or generalization.
  3. A case to which a rule, general principle, etc. does not apply
objection
A statement opposing something that is about to occur in a courtroom, or has already occurred, as being improper, out of order, or against procedural rules. It is up to the judge to rule on the objection’s validity, or to overrule it. A timely objection that is entered into the trial record, along with appropriate argument on its validity, may form the basis for an appeal to a higher court. See also challenge and motion in limine. A statement opposing something that is about to occur in a courtroom, or has already occurred, as being improper, out of order, or against procedural rules. It is up to the judge to rule on the objection’s validity, or to overrule it. A timely objection that is entered into the trial record, along with appropriate argument on its validity, may form the basis for an appeal to a higher court. See also challenge and motion in limine.
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  1. A statement opposing something that is about to occur in a courtroom, or has already occurred, as being improper, out of order, or against procedural rules. It is up to the judge to rule on the objection’s validity, or to overrule it. A timely objection that is entered into the trial record, along with appropriate argument on its validity, may form the basis for an appeal to a higher court. See also challenge and motion in limine. A statement opposing something that is about to occur in a courtroom, or has already occurred, as being improper, out of order, or against procedural rules. It is up to the judge to rule on the objection’s validity, or to overrule it. A timely objection that is entered into the trial record, along with appropriate argument on its validity, may form the basis for an appeal to a higher court. See also challenge and motion in limine.
  2. A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to).
  3. (--- Law) The formal registration of protest against the admission of a piece of evidence at trial, on the grounds of some legal defect.
protest
A written declaration by the master of a ship attesting to the fact that damages or losses were sustained from unavoidable natural causes, and rejecting any liability of the officers and crew
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  1. A written declaration by the master of a ship attesting to the fact that damages or losses were sustained from unavoidable natural causes, and rejecting any liability of the officers and crew
  2. (Law) A declaration of objection and reservation of rights, made when action would otherwise imply consent or agreement:
  3. A formal declaration of disapproval or objection issued by a concerned person, group, or organization.
protestation
The act of protesting
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  1. The act of protesting
  2. A strong or formal expression of dissent.
  3. A protest; objection
squawk
The black-crowned night heron
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  1. The black-crowned night heron
  2. A noisy complaint.
  3. (Informal) A loud, raucous complaint or protest
kick
(Slang) A sudden, striking surprise; a twist.
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  1. (Slang) A sudden, striking surprise; a twist.
  2. (Slang) A complaint; a protest.
  3. One's turn at kicking
Find another word for remonstrance. In this page you can discover 16 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for remonstrance, like: protest, complaint, rebuke, reproach, objection, challenge, demur, exception, expostulation, objection and protest.

Sentence Examples

  • After a sharp remonstrance, He healed the man by a mere word.

  • His resolution was at first proof against remonstrance; but ultimately he received back the sword, and continued in the service of France.

  • His nomination by Lord John Russell to the vacant see of Hereford in December 1847 was again the signal for a violent and organized opposition; and his consecration in March 1848 took place in spite of a remonstrance by many of the bishops and the resistance of Dr John Merewether, the dean of Hereford, who went so far as to vote against the election when the conge d'elire reached the chapter.

  • In 1363, in answer to a remonstrance against the mischief caused by "the merchants called grocers who engrossed all manner of merchandize vendable, and who suddenly raised the prices of such merchandize within the realm," it was enacted "that all artificers and people of mysteries shall each choose his own mystery 1 before next Candlemas, and that, having so chosen it, he shall henceforth use no other."

  • Origen indulged in many speculations which were afterwards condemned, but, as these matters were still open questions in his day, he was not reckoned a heretic. (iii.) In accordance with the New Testament use of the term heresy, it is assumed that moral defect accompanies the intellectual error, that the false view is held pertinaciously, in spite of warning, remonstrance and rebuke; aggressively to win over others, and so factiously, to cause division in the church, a breach in its unity.

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