Thesaurus / remonstrance
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Instead of obeying, the officers and men held a mass meeting to draft their remonstrance to the Directory.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONAfter an hour's insane remonstrance, he gave in to his own alarm, rather than to the persuasion of his partner.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSIt is said, perhaps untruly, that his remonstrance to the Prince against his remaining here has been ungentlemanlike and indecent.
JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO BRAZILMARIA GRAHAMMrs. Lawton, unaccustomed to any remonstrance from her bondwoman, seized a switch and shook it threateningly.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, VOLUME 17, NO. 101, MARCH, 1866VARIOUSThe baron grumbled some remonstrance not heard by Gilbert, but the lackey mounted beside the driver.
BALSAMO, THE MAGICIANALEXANDER DUMASFor a while Eric said nothing, but as the strain grew worse, he made a faint remonstrance.
ERIC, OR LITTLE BY LITTLEFREDERIC W. FARRARThe more Inga continued silent and without remonstrance, the wilder his resentment mounted.
THE WOMAN GIVESOWEN JOHNSONHe was ready to go wherever he was sent, instantly, without conditions or remonstrance.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME IIJOHN LORDHe urged that there should be "a temperate but weighty remonstrance" from parliament, backed by half a million Italian signatures.
THE LIFE OF MAZZINIBOLTON KINGThen the Bedford section made it known that England would not in any case go to war, and France despised their remonstrance.
THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND - VOL. X.WILLIAM HUNTWORDS RELATED TO REMONSTRANCE
- admonishment
- admonition
- affliction
- bawling-out
- berating
- blame
- castigation
- censure
- chewing-out
- chiding
- comeuppance
- condemnation
- correction
- disapproval
- dressing-down
- earful
- expostulation
- going-over
- hard time
- kick in the teeth
- lecture
- lesson
- objurgation
- ostracism
- punishment
- put down
- rap
- rating
- rebuff
- refusal
- remonstrance
- reprehension
- reproach
- reproof
- reproval
- repulse
- row
- scolding
- slap in the face
- snub
- talking-to
- telling-off
- tongue-lashing
- upbraiding
- cavil
- censure
- challenge
- counter-argument
- criticism
- declination
- demur
- demurral
- demurring
- difficulty
- disapprobation
- disapproval
- discontent
- disesteem
- disinclination
- dislike
- displeasure
- dissatisfaction
- doubt
- exception
- expostulation
- grievance
- gripe
- hesitation
- kick
- niggle
- odium
- opposition
- protest
- protestation
- question
- rejection
- reluctance
- remonstrance
- repugnancy
- revilement
- scruple
- shrinking
- squawk
- stink
- unwillingness
- accusation
- animadversion
- arraignment
- attack
- attribution
- castigation
- censure
- charge
- chiding
- complaint
- condemnation
- criticism
- denunciation
- depreciation
- diatribe
- disapprobation
- disapproval
- disfavor
- disparagement
- expostulation
- exprobation
- impeachment
- implication
- imputation
- incrimination
- inculpation
- indictment
- invective
- objurgation
- obloquy
- opposition
- rebuke
- recrimination
- remonstrance
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprobation
- reproof
- repudiation
- slur
- tirade
- accusation
- animadversion
- arraignment
- attack
- attribution
- castigation
- censure
- charge
- chiding
- complaint
- condemnation
- criticism
- denunciation
- depreciation
- diatribe
- disapprobation
- disapproval
- disfavor
- disparagement
- expostulation
- exprobation
- impeachment
- implication
- imputation
- incrimination
- inculpation
- indictment
- invective
- objurgation
- obloquy
- opposition
- rebuke
- recrimination
- remonstrance
- reprehension
- reprimand
- reproach
- reproof
- repudiation
- slur
- tirade
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