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# remonstrance

«remonstrance» in Mova's school dictionary: **A complaint or protest; a firm objection made to someone…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural remonstrances)

### meaning for a pupil

A complaint or protest; a firm objection made to someone who has done wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remonstrance/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a character protests firmly against a decision, often without success: «in spite of all her remonstrances»

### examples

- He made a remonstrance to the teacher about the unfair test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remonstrance/#x1)
- Despite her remonstrance, the king went ahead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remonstrance/#x2)
- The crowd raised a loud remonstrance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remonstrance/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «remonstrance» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remonstrance/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.