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expostulation
Variant of expostulate
intransitive verb expostulated, expostulating
to reason with a person earnestly, objecting to that person's actions or intentions; remonstrate (with)
Related Forms:
- expostulation noun
- expostulator noun
- expostulatory adjective
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