Definition

Noun: 1. The act of expressing earnest opposition or protest: A formal, strong, and often reasoned complaint or objection against an action, decision, or situation.

Usage

• Remonstration is a formal noun used to describe the action of making a serious, often verbal, protest. It implies a degree of earnestness and a desire to correct or change something perceived as wrong.
• It is typically used in contexts involving authority, policy, or principle, rather than casual disagreement.
• Common collocations include: , , .

Examples

• The council's decision was met with remonstration from community leaders.
• She wrote a letter of remonstration to the newspaper editor regarding the inaccurate article.
• He listened to their complaints without offering any remonstration of his own.

Advanced Usage

• To no remonstration: Despite protests, without any protest being effective.
  • The policy was enacted to no remonstration from the public.

Variants and Related Words

• Remonstrate (verb): To make a forcefully reasoned protest or objection.
  • They remonstrated with the manager about the unsafe working conditions.
• Remonstrance (noun): Another term for remonstration, identical in meaning and usage.
• Remonstrant (noun/adjective): (As a noun) A person who remonstrates. (As an adjective) Characterized by remonstrating.

Synonyms

• Protest: An expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent.
• Objection: A statement or feeling of disapproval or opposition.
• Expostulation (formal): A reasoned and earnest protest or argument.
• Challenge: A call to prove or justify something; an objection.

Idioms and Phrases

• In (full) remonstration: While actively and earnestly protesting.
  • The ambassador spoke in full remonstration against the violation of the treaty.

Noun

1. the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest