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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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
remonstrance
n : an expression of opposition to a course of action [syn: {expostulation},
{objection}]
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