Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The act of remonstrating.
  • noun An expression of protest, complaint, or reproof, especially a formal statement of grievances.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of remonstrating; demonstration; manifestation; show; exhibit; statement; representation.
  • noun The act of remonstrating; expostulation; strong representation of reasons, or statement of facts and reasons, against something complained of or opposed; hence, a paper containing such a representation or statement.
  • noun In the Roman Catholic Church, same as monstrance.
  • noun In eccles. hist, a document consisting of five articles expressing the points of divergence of the Dutch Arminians (Remonstrants) from strict Calvinism, presented to the states of Holland and West Friesland in 1610.
  • noun Synonyms Protest. See censure, v.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete, obsolete The act of remonstrating.
  • noun obsolete A pointing out; manifestation; proof; demonstration.
  • noun Earnest presentation of reason in opposition to something; protest; expostulation.
  • noun (R.C.Ch.) Same as Monstrance.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A remonstration; disapproval; a formal, usually written, protest or objection.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest

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Examples

  • This official remonstrance from the pilot-house spread a film of silence over the tumult.

    Trust 2010

  • (With gesture of interruption that causes remonstrance from the SHAMAN but which RED CLOUD acknowledges.)

    The Acorn-Planter 1916

  • This official remonstrance from the pilot-house spread

    Trust 1910

  • This official remonstrance from the pilot-house spread a film of silence over the tumult.

    Trust 1908

  • Some of the newspapers tried to make political matter out of the affair, and one at any rate roundly declared that “the true reason” of Banks's withdrawal was on account of a remonstrance from the Spanish Ambassador against any further exploration of the South Seas.

    The Life of Captain James Cook Kitson, Arthur 1907

  • The matter was brought before the Cabinet, by a remonstrance from the Spanish Government, in the person of her representative at Washington.

    The Memories of Fifty Years Sparks, William H 1870

  • Ere the nation's ruler is scarce cold in death, his successor steps quietly into his vacant place, without a movement or a remonstrance from the great nation.

    A Sermon on the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln 1865

  • Captain Semmes, an Engraving of which is given on page 513, is the notorious vessel whose doings on the Newfoundland banks have frightened Northern merchants out of their propriety and occasioned a remonstrance from the New York Chamber of Commerce, addressed to

    The Alabama ("290"). 1862

  • The children, assisted by Clotilde, planted flower-roots in the fancifully-shaped flowerbeds, and then they had their own little gardens where they might dig and plant to their hearts 'content, undisturbed by any remonstrance from the gardener.

    Zoe: The History of Two Lives 1845

  • I am unable to decide; but I have little doubt, that a firm remonstrance from the English government would induce the Pasha of Egypt to obey the call of humanity, and thus benefit Egypt, as well as Syria and the

    Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred John Lewis Burckhardt 1800

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