remonstrance

[ri-mon-struh ns]

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noun

an act or instance of remonstrating.
a protest: deaf to remonstrances.

Origin of remonstrance

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

Related formsnon·re·mon·strance, noun

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Related Words for remonstrance

complaint, objection, expostulation, rebuke, reproof, reproach, demur, protestation, protest

Examples from the Web for remonstrance

Historical Examples of remonstrance

Burke, however, shook his head in remonstrance against Gilder's plea.
Within the Law
Marvin Dana
With a whine of remonstrance it swung wider, and Crane stepped out on the sidewalk.
Thoroughbreds
W. A. Fraser
But ere the remonstrance was uttered, the bird lay quivering on the ground.
Night and Morning, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The remonstrance was not regarded, and the expedition proceeded.
The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII)
John Greenleaf Whittier
Amanda did not prevent him; she had no breath left for remonstrance.
Meadow Grass
Alice Brown

British Dictionary definitions for remonstrance

remonstrance

noun

the act of remonstrating; protestation
a protest or reproof, esp a petition presented in protest against something

Remonstrance

noun history

See Grand Remonstrance
the statement of Arminian principles drawn up in 1610 in Gouda in the Netherlands

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Word Origin and History for remonstrance

late 15c., from Middle French remonstrance (15c., Modern French remontrance), from Medieval Latin remonstrantia, from present participle stem of remonstrare "point out, show," from re-, intensive prefix (see re-), + Latin monstrare "to show" (see monster).