remonstrance
[ ri-mon-struh ns ]
/ rɪˈmɒn strəns /
noun
an act or instance of remonstrating.
a protest: deaf to remonstrances.
RELATED WORDS
Nearby words
- remnant,
- remodel,
- remodeling,
- remolade,
- remonetize,
- remonstrant,
- remonstrants,
- remonstrate,
- remonstration,
- remonstrative
Origin of remonstrance
1470–80; < Middle French, equivalent to remonstr(er) (< Medieval Latin remōnstrāre to point out; see remonstrate) + -ance -ance
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remonstrance
/ (rɪˈmɒnstrəns) /
noun
the act of remonstrating; protestation
a protest or reproof, esp a petition presented in protest against something
Remonstrance
/ (rɪˈmɒnstrəns) /
noun history
the statement of Arminian principles drawn up in 1610 in Gouda in the Netherlands
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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).
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