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English Dictionary: Remonstrance by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
remonstrance
n
  1. the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest [syn: expostulation, remonstrance, remonstration, objection]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.]
  
                           You may marvel why I . . . would not rather Make
                           rash remonstrance of my hidden power Than let
                           him be so lost.                           --Shak.
            (b) Earnest presentation of reason in opposition to
                  something; protest; expostulation.
  
      2. (R.C.Ch.) Same as {Monstrance}.
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