English Explanatory Dictionary

expostulation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.

Word forms

expostulation expostulations

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.

Related words

demur exception objection protest protestation remonstrance remonstration squawk kick
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