remonstrance

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: re=mon=strance

CIDE DICTIONARY

remonstrance, n. [Cf. OF. remonstrance, F. remonstrance. See Remonstrate.].

•  The act of remonstrating  [1913 Webster]

  "You may marvel why I . . . would not rather
  Make rash remonstrance of my hidden power
  Than let him be so lost."  [1913 Webster]
•  Same as Monstrance.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

remonstrance, n.
1 the act or an instance of remonstrating.
2 an expostulation or protest.

Etymology

ME f. obs. F remonstrance or med.L remonstrantia (as REMONSTRATE)

THESAURUS

remonstrance

admonition, advice, advising, advocacy, beef, bitch, boycott, briefing, caution, cautioning, caveat, challenge, combative reaction, complaint, compunction, consultation, council, counsel, counteraction, defiance, demonstration, demur, demurral, demurrer, determent, deterrence, difficulty, direction, dispute, dissent, dissentience, exception, exhortation, expostulation, fractiousness, frightening off, grievance, grievance committee, guidance, hortation, howl, idea, indignation meeting, instruction, intimidation, kick, march, monition, negativism, noncooperation, nonviolent protest, objection, obstinacy, opinion, opposition, parley, passive resistance, picketing, proposal, protest, protest demonstration, protestation, qualm, question, rally, reaction, rebuff, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, recalcitration, recommendation, refractoriness, reluctance, remonstration, renitence, renitency, repellence, repellency, repulse, repulsion, resistance, revolt, scruple, sit-in, squawk, stand, strike, suggestion, talking out of, teach-in, thought, uncooperativeness, warning, withstanding

ROGET THESAURUS

remonstrance

Dissuasion

N dissuasion, dehortation, expostulation, remonstrance, deprecation, discouragement, damper, wet blanket, disillusionment, disenchantment, cohibition, curb, check, reluctance, contraindication, dissuading, dissuasive, dehortatory, expostulatory, monitive, monitory, dissuaded, admonitory, uninduced &c (induce), unpersuadable, averse, repugnant, repressed.

Deprecation

N deprecation, expostulation, intercession, mediation, protest, remonstrance, deprecatory, expostulatory, intercessory, mediatorial, deprecated, protested, unsought, unbesought, unasked &c (ask), Int, cry you mercy!, God forbid!, forbid it Heaven!, Heaven forefend, Heaven forbid!, far be it from!, hands off!, please don't.

Disapprobation

N disapprobation, disapproval, improbation, disesteem, disvaluation, displacency, odium, dislike, dispraise, discommendation, blame, censure, obloquy, detraction, disparagement, depreciation, denunciation, condemnation, ostracism, black list, animadversion, reflection, stricture, objection, exception, criticism, sardonic grin, sardonic laugh, sarcasm, insinuation, innuendo, bad compliment, poor compliment, left-handed compliment, satire, sneer, taunt, cavil, carping, censoriousness, hypercriticism, reprehension, remonstrance, expostulation, reproof, reprobation, admonition, increpation, reproach, rebuke, reprimand, castigation, jobation, lecture, curtain lecture, blow up, wigging, dressing, rating, scolding, trimming, correction, set down, rap on the knuckles, coup de bec, rebuff, slap, slap on the face, home thrust, hit, frown, scowl, black look, diatribe, jeremiad, jeremiade, tirade, philippic, clamor, outcry, hue and cry, hiss, hissing, sibilance, sibilation, catcall, execration, chiding, upbraiding, exprobation, abuse, vituperation, invective, objurgation, contumely, hard words, cutting words, bitter words, evil-speaking, bad language, personality, disapproving, scandalized, disparaging, condemnatory, damnatory, denunciatory, reproachful, abusive, objurgatory, clamorous, vituperative, defamatory, satirical, sarcastic, sardonic, cynical, dry, sharp, cutting, biting, severe, withering, trenchant, hard upon, censorious, critical, captious, carping, hypercritical, fastidious, sparing of praise, grudging praise, disapproved, chid, in bad odor, blown upon, unapproved, unblest, at a discount, exploded, weighed in the balance and found wanting, blameworthy, reprehensible, to blame, worthy of blame, answerable, uncommendable, exceptionable, not to be thought of, bad, vicious, unlamented, unbewailed, unpitied, with a wry face, reproachfully, Int, it is too bad!, it won't do, it will never do!, marry come up!, Oh!, come!, 'sdeath!, forbid it Heaven!, God forbid, Heaven forbid!, out upon, fie upon it!, away with!, tut!, O tempora!, O mores!, shame!, fie, fie for shame!, out on you!, tell it not in Gath!.