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remonstrance

/ɹɪˈmɒnstɹəns/

remonstrance noun: a remonstration; disapproval; a formal, usually written, objection or protest.

Noun

remonstrance (countable and uncountable, plural remonstrances)

  1. A remonstration; disapproval; a formal, usually written, objection or protest.
    • Moreover, you must remember, even as children, Marie was ever more resolute than myself; and now, how little would she heed remonstrance of mine!1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 151
    • I have heard again and again, remonstrances have been addressed to me more than once, because of the condemnation which Democratic speakers so continually utter about the unnationality as well as the unconstitutionality of the Republican party.1858, Jefferson Davis, quoting Caleb Cushing, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton and Company, published 1881, page 551

remonstrance meaning in Tamil and Kannada

remonstrance in Tamil

remonstrance, admonition
உறுதிக்கட்டுரை uṟutikkaṭṭurai

remonstrance in Kannada

ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಪ್ರತಿಭಟನೆ, ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಆಕ್ಷೇಪಣೆ

Examples of remonstrance in a sentence

  • Fred's voice had taken a tone of grumbling remonstrance, [...]1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter LII, in Middlemarch […], volume III, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and...
  • After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied.1921, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
  • In the past, emperors based their right to rule mostly on heredity and so could listen to remonstrance from below without necessarily feeling that legitimacy was at stake.2004 March 15, Perry Link, “China: A new postmortem on Tiananmen”, in Time:

Forms of remonstrance

pluralremonstrances

Origin of remonstrance

From Middle French remonstrance (French remontrance).

Words formed from remonstrance

Questions about remonstrance

What does remonstrance mean?
Remonstrance means a remonstration; disapproval; a formal, usually written, objection or protest.
What is remonstrance in Tamil?
Remonstrance in Tamil is உறுதிக்கட்டுரை (uṟutikkaṭṭurai). See Remonstrance meaning in Tamil.
How do you use remonstrance in a sentence?
Fred's voice had taken a tone of grumbling remonstrance, [...]
What part of speech is remonstrance?
Remonstrance is a noun.
How do you pronounce remonstrance?
Remonstrance is pronounced /ɹɪˈmɒnstɹəns/.
What is the plural of remonstrance?
The plural of remonstrance is remonstrances.

Words near remonstrance in the dictionary

  1. remonetizing
  2. remonish
  3. remonished
  4. remonishes
  5. remonishing
  6. remonstrance
  7. remonstrancer
  8. remonstrancers
  9. remonstrances
  10. remonstrant
  11. Remonstrantism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: remonstrance (page history and authors); உறுதிக்கட்டுரை (Tamil) (page history and authors); remonstrance (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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