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• remonstrance
  remonstrance

  noun

  an act or instance of remonstrating.
• Remonstrance
  Remonstrance

  noun

  See Grand Remonstrance

remonstrance

American  

[ri-mon-struhns] / rɪˈmɒn strəns /

noun

1. an act or instance of remonstrating.

2. a protest.

   deaf to remonstrances.

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Remonstrance ¹ British  

/ rɪˈmɒnstrəns /

noun

1. See Grand Remonstrance

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

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remonstrance ² British  

/ rɪˈmɒnstrəns /

noun

1. the act of remonstrating; protestation

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

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Other Word Forms

• nonremonstrance
  noun

Etymology

Origin of remonstrance

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

Explanation

A remonstrance is an objection or protest, the expression of earnest opposition. Just like a protest, PETA members might hold a remonstrance outside a fashion show of a luxury fur and leather designer. Notable remonstrances include the "Five Articles of Remonstrance" (1610), protesting the Calvinist doctrine of predestination; the "Great Remonstrance" (1641), presented to the English people by Parliament, detailing the "evils" of King Charles I; the "Flushing Remonstrance" (1657), protesting a ban on Quaker worship in what would later become New York City; and the "Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments" (1786), opposing a bill in the Virginia General Assembly that would levy taxes to pay for religious teachers.

Example Sentences

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

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2024

There is a method to all the remonstrance.

From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2021

Current law requires the signatures of 65 percent of parcel owners in a proposed annexation area to oppose an annexation via a remonstrance.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 1, 2015

The scene builds to a remonstrance: “You made me mistrust my gut.”

From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2012

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

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

If you think the Flushing Remonstrance is a homeowner’s complaint to a plumber, think again.

From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2018

The Remonstrance is displayed there in an anteroom off the rotunda, which is dominated by a timely and towering backdrop that evokes its provenance: a 40-foot-high facade of a 17th-century gabled Dutch canal house.

From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2018

To cool tempers, Mr. Golar invoked the Flushing Remonstrance, the colonial document signed in defense of the Quakers, exhorting the project’s opponents to welcome people “who come in love unto us.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 14, 2013

Along with others, he wrote the Flushing Remonstrance in 1657, which supported freedom of religion in the colonies and is considered to have informed the shaping of the First Amendment.

From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2012

Among them, "Ye humble Remonstrance of Captain John Ball" deserves notice as a curiosity.

From Rupert Prince Palatine by Scott, Eva