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remonstrance definition

re·mon·strance (ri män′strəns)

noun

  1. the act or an instance of remonstrating; protest, complaint, or expostulation
  2. a document setting forth certain points or listing complaints, grievances, etc.

Etymology: LME < MFr < ML remonstrantia

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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