remonstrate

To remonstrate is to plead or protest with reason.

(verb)

An example of remonstrate is for a parent to remind a child to call and check in while they’re out of the house with friends.

See remonstrate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

Origin: < ML remonstratus, pp. of remonstrare, to demonstrate < L re-, again + monstrare, to show: see monstrance

intransitive verb

to present and urge reasons in opposition or complaint; protest; object; expostulate

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See remonstrate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb re·mon·strat·ed, re·mon·strat·ing, re·mon·strates

verb, transitive

To say or plead in protest, objection, or reproof.

verb, intransitive

To reason or plead in protest; present an objection. See Synonyms at object.

Origin:

Origin: Medieval Latin remōnstrāre, remōnstrāt-, to demonstrate

Origin: : Latin re-, re-

Origin: + Latin mōnstrāre, to show (from mōnstrum, portent; see monster)

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