as in objection
a feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent
over the vociferous remonstrances of my parents I decided to drop my music lessons
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Recent Examples of remonstrance
Almost immediately, a dozen dissenting settlers filed a remonstrance with the assembly.
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Gary Greenberg, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
There is a method to all the remonstrance.
—New York Times, 17 June 2021
The adoption of the ordinance, which passed with council approval vote Sept. 13, occurs at the Oct. 25 with information provided to all Prairie Ridge residents about the opportunity for remonstrance.
—Philip Potempa, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2021
Fast-forward to 1958, by which time Yard’s remonstrance had long been forgotten.
—Christopher Ketcham, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
In defending his vote for the rezone, Rider explained that there is remonstrance to nearly every project that has come before him on council.
—Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Aug. 2020
Despite the remonstrances of her children (Andrés Talero and Catherine Nunez) and the transplant surgeon, Dr. Castillo (Ariel Texidó), Millie befriends the organ recipient, Amér (Joel Hernández Lara).
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2020
His order penalizing anyone who harbored Quakers provoked 31 residents of Flushing on Long Island — none of them Quakers themselves — to sign a remonstrance, a collective appeal to redress their grievance.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 27 June 2018
No one spoke out for or against a plan being considered by Lake County officials to issue $12 million in capital improvement bonds during a public hearing Tuesday opening the remonstrance period for the proposal.
—Carrie Napoleon, Post-Tribune, 9 May 2017
Gary Greenberg, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
There is a method to all the remonstrance.
—New York Times, 17 June 2021
The adoption of the ordinance, which passed with council approval vote Sept. 13, occurs at the Oct. 25 with information provided to all Prairie Ridge residents about the opportunity for remonstrance.
—Philip Potempa, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2021
Fast-forward to 1958, by which time Yard’s remonstrance had long been forgotten.
—Christopher Ketcham, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
In defending his vote for the rezone, Rider explained that there is remonstrance to nearly every project that has come before him on council.
—Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Aug. 2020
Despite the remonstrances of her children (Andrés Talero and Catherine Nunez) and the transplant surgeon, Dr. Castillo (Ariel Texidó), Millie befriends the organ recipient, Amér (Joel Hernández Lara).
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2020
His order penalizing anyone who harbored Quakers provoked 31 residents of Flushing on Long Island — none of them Quakers themselves — to sign a remonstrance, a collective appeal to redress their grievance.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 27 June 2018
No one spoke out for or against a plan being considered by Lake County officials to issue $12 million in capital improvement bonds during a public hearing Tuesday opening the remonstrance period for the proposal.
—Carrie Napoleon, Post-Tribune, 9 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remonstrance
Noun
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His nomination to become the nation’s 26th Health and Human Services Secretary was met with considerable objection from the medical community.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Multiple speakers were also allowed to accuse Israel of carrying out a genocide, also with no objection from Lauber.—
Rachel Wolf,
Fox News,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The exception is the SanDisk Desk Drive, which is a tabletop SSD that requires its own power source.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
23 Feb. 2025
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The only exception to this rule, the official said, would be when the videos of the rapes were shown.—
Katie Ebner-Landy,
The New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The complaint centered specifically on Danielson’s comments during a press conference following Boise State’s season-ending loss in the Fiesta Bowl on Dec. 31.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
22 Feb. 2025
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The complaint names Trump, the U.S. State Department, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio as defendants.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Remonstrance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remonstrance. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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