remonstrate

Meaning

Verb

• To object; to express disapproval (with, against).
• Specifically, to lodge an official objection (especially by means of a remonstrance) with a monarch or other ruling body.
• To state or plead as an objection, formal protest, or expression of disapproval.
• To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate.

Related

Similar words

• demur, expostulate

Origin

• From (the participle stem of) Late Latin remōnstrō, from Latin re- + mōnstrō.