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remonstrance
(encz) | remonstrance,námitka n: Zdeněk Brož |
remonstrance
(encz) | remonstrance,protest n: Zdeněk Brož |
Remonstrance
(gcide) | Remonstrance \Re*mon"strance\ (-m?n"strans), n. [Cf. OF.
remonstrance, F. remonstrance. See Remonstrate.]
1. The act of remonstrating; as:
(a) A pointing out; manifestation; proof; demonstration.
[Obs.]
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You may marvel why I . . . would not rather
Make rash remonstrance of my hidden power
Than let him be so lost. --Shak.
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(b) Earnest presentation of reason in opposition to
something; protest; expostulation.
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2. (R.C.Ch.) Same as Monstrance.
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remonstrance
(wn) | remonstrance
n 1: the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest [syn:
expostulation, remonstrance, remonstration,
objection] |
REMONSTRANCE
(bouvier) | REMONSTRANCE. A petition to a court, or deliberative or legislative body, in
which those who have signed it request that something which it is in
contemplation to perform shall not be done.
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