remonstrate

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Synonyms: demonstrate, premonstrate, remonstrance, remonstrant, remonstrated, remonstrator, remonstrative, remonstrants, remonstrates, redemonstrate

Antonyms: demonstrate, premonstrate, remonstrance, remonstrant, remonstrated, remonstrator, remonstrative, remonstrants, remonstrates, redemonstrate

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Verb

1. {{sid|en|disapproval}} {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[object]] with in [[critical]] fashion; to express disapproval ({{m|en|with}}, {{m|en|against}}).
2. {{lb|en|intransitive|chiefly|historical}} Specifically, to lodge an official [[objection]] (especially by means of a [[remonstrance]]) with a [[monarch]] or other ruling body.
3. {{lb|en|transitive|often with an object consisting of direct speech or a clause beginning with [[that]]}} To state or [[plead]] as an [[objection]], [[formal]] [[protest]], or [[expression]] of [[disapproval]].
4. To [[point out]]; to show clearly; to make plain or [[manifest]]; hence, to [[prove]]; to [[demonstrate]].

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