expostulation

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
  2. noun an exclamation of protest or remonstrance or reproof

Etymology

From Latin expostulātiōnem, accusative singular of expostulātiō (“complaint, expostulation”), from expostulō (“demand, expostulate”), from ex (“out of, from”) + postulō (“demand or claim”). See expostulate.

In classic literature

Synonyms

remonstrance, remonstration, objection

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