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Definition of Remonstration
1. Noun. The act of expressing earnest opposition or protest.
Generic synonyms: Communicating, Communication
Derivative terms: Expostulate, Object
Definition of Remonstration
1. n. The act of remonstrating; remonstrance.
Definition of Remonstration
1. Noun. Protest, objection, disapproving pleading, or an act thereof. ¹
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Definition of Remonstration
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Remonstration
Literary usage of Remonstration
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Jackson, D.D. ...: Sometime President of Corpus Christi by Thomas Jackson (1844)
"The deduction or remonstration of this demonstrative inference is clear to any
artist, to any reasonable man, ..."
2. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1882)
"... the judgment of the doctor, his own repeated remonstration, and dwelt on the
piteousness of how it was going to be when she, in spite even of her solemn ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To REMONSTRATE, (re-mon'-strate) vn To make a strong representation ; to show
reasons on any side in strong terms. remonstration ..."
4. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1900)
"The claim and strong remonstration made by th" Gentlemen Commissioned by me for
that purpose, had no effect on your people, who still declared they were ..."
5. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1839)
"... nothing less than ill-chosen, but because they had been strained so high as
to become unproductive : it wa» made, not for relief, but for remonstration ..."
6. American State Papers Bearing on Sunday Legislation by William Addison Blakely, Willard Allen Colcord (1911)
"REASONS FOR remonstration. Aug. ,3. ,785. MEMORIAL OF THE PRESBYTERIANS OF VIRGINIA
TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. To the Honorable the General Assembly of the ..."
7. American State Papers Bearing on Sunday Legislation by William Addison Blakely, Willard Allen Colcord (1911)
"REASONS FOR remonstration. .13.-785- MEMORIAL OF THE PRESBYTERIANS OF TO THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Presbyterian convention Fears of re ligious legisla tion ..."
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