remonstrance

[ri-mon-struhns]

noun

1. an act or instance of remonstrating.

2. a protest.

   deaf to remonstrances.

Remonstrance

¹

/ rɪˈmɒnstrəns /

noun

1. See Grand Remonstrance

2. the statement of Arminian principles drawn up in 1610 in Gouda in the Netherlands

remonstrance

²

/ rɪˈmɒnstrəns /

noun

1. the act of remonstrating; protestation

2. a protest or reproof, esp a petition presented in protest against something

Other Word Forms

• nonremonstrance noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of remonstrance¹

1470–80; < Middle French, equivalent to remonstr ( er ) (< Medieval Latin remōnstrāre to point out; remonstrate ) + -ance -ance

Example Sentences

I'd be glad to see others take up the torch of remonstrance and dissent.

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“I say, you know!” muttered Joe, shaking his head at me in very serious remonstrance.

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There is a method to all the remonstrance.

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“Despite years of remonstrance on my part, he still commits this offense.”

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There was no remonstrance for having broken the Fourth Commandment.

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