remonstrance
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9.8
- noun
- /rɪˈmɒnstrəns/
- Formal
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remonstrancia
- Their encumbrances and inefficiency, their expensiveness, and the numerous avenues to peculation and extortion which they open up are grievances that have brought complaints and remonstrances from all sections of the state.
Examples
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A Kokomo financial planner, Mick Owens, is leading the remonstrance effort but declined to comment on the issue Tuesday.
Blog text (18) -
Two months later, the Atlantic Monthly carried a letter of remonstrance from Proctor and a not very repentant response to it from the still-unidentified reviewer.
Academic text (1999) -
Beyond that remonstrance, she would say nothing to anyone.
Fiction book (1998) -
Their request is known as the Flushing Remonstrance.
Academic text (2010) -
He had the Grand Remonstrance printed and distributed outside Parliament into the country to win support.
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James Madison, while a member of the Virginia legislature in 1785, wrote in his Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments that religion and its practice must be left to the conviction and conscience of each person.
Academic text (2005) -
James Madison's Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments (hereinafter Madison's Remonstrance) must be understood in this context.
Academic text (1996) -
The citizens submitted a formal remonstrance to the government, objecting to the proposed tax increase.
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After numerous protests, the community organized a remonstrance against the new development plan.
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His remonstrance over the unjust treatment of workers was met with applause from the audience.
Synonyms
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3.6
A statement showing disagreement or disapproval
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6.6
A public or formal statement that shows disagreement with an idea
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5.9
A negative reaction from people to a plan or change
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7.4
A strong statement that shows you disagree or say something is not true
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8.4
A strong disagreement about something important
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9.5
A strong, formal protest that shows serious disagreement
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9.9
A firm protest that explains why a decision or action is wrong
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8.9
An objection or refusal, usually as a formal protest
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9.9
Speaking badly about a person or thing to show you do not approve
Antonyms
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Morphology
remonstrance = remonstrate (opaque) = re + monstr + ance
The immediate base 'remonstrate' is derived from 're-' + 'monstr-' + '-ate', but the meaning shift from 'monster' makes it opaque.
Etymology
Remonstrance comes from Latin parts re- 'again' and monstrare 'to show', the same root as demonstrate. So a remonstrance is like 'showing again' — a clear, often official way to point out a problem or to protest.