Definition of remonstrance Remonstrance

re•mon•strance

We found 8 definitions of remonstrance from 5 different sources.

What does remonstrance mean?

Noun
remonstrance - the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
		expostulation, remonstration, objection
		communicating, communication something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups

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remonstrance (Noun)
A remonstration; disapproval; a formal, usually written, protest or objection.

remonstrance (n.)
The act of remonstrating
remonstrance (n.)
A pointing out; manifestation; proof; demonstration.
remonstrance (n.)
Earnest presentation of reason in opposition to something; protest; expostulation.
remonstrance (n.)
Same as Monstrance.

remonstrance
rē-mon′strans, n. strong statement of reasons against an act: expostulation.—adj. Remon′strant, inclined to remonstrate.—n. one who remonstrates.—adv. Remon′strantly.—n.pl. Remon′strants, the Dutch Arminians whose divergence from Calvinism was expressed in five articles in the Remonstrance of 1610.—v.i. Remon′strāte, to set forth strong reasons against a measure.—n. Remonstrā′tion.—adjs. Remon′strative, Remon′stratory, expostulatory.—n. Remon′strātor.—Grand Remonstrance, a famous statement of abuses presented to Charles I. by the House of Commons in 1641. [L. re-, again, monstrāre, to point out.]