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re·mon·strance

/rəˈmänstr(ə)ns/

plural noun: remonstrances

  1. forcefullyreproachful protest.”despite angry remonstrances from residents, the board had already confirmed the planners’ approval of two other projects”
    • a document drawn up in 1610 by the Arminians of the Dutch Reformed Church, presenting the differences between their doctrines and those of the strict Calvinists.singular proper noun: Remonstrance; noun: the Remonstrance

Origin

late 15th century (in the sense ‘appeal, request’): from Old French, from the verb remonstrer, from Latin remonstrare ‘demonstrate, show’ (see remonstrate). The sense ‘protest’ dates from the mid 16th century.