remonstrance

[ ri-mon-struhns ]
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noun
  1. an act or instance of remonstrating.

  2. a protest: deaf to remonstrances.

Origin of remonstrance

1
1470–80; <Middle French, equivalent to remonstr(er) (<Medieval Latin remōnstrāre to point out; see remonstrate) + -ance-ance

Other words from remonstrance

  • non·re·mon·strance, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for remonstrance (1 of 2)

remonstrance

/ (rɪˈmɒnstrəns) /


noun
  1. the act of remonstrating; protestation

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

British Dictionary definitions for Remonstrance (2 of 2)

Remonstrance

/ (rɪˈmɒnstrəns) /


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

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