remonstrate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To object with in critical fashion; to express disapproval (with, against).
Specifically, to lodge an official objection (especially by means of a remonstrance) with a monarch or other ruling body.
To state or plead as an objection, formal protest, or expression of disapproval.
To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate.

/ˈɹɛ.mən.stɹeɪt/ en-us-remonstrate.ogg en-au-remonstrate.ogg

remonstrate remonstrates remonstrating remonstrated

From (the participle stem of) Late Latin remōnstrō, from Latin re- + mōnstrō.

demur expostulate

remonstrance remonstratingly remonstration remonstrative remonstratively

remonstratingly remonstrator unremonstrated unremonstrating

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