Hypertext Webster Gateway: "expostulation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Expostulation \Ex*pos`tu*la"tion\, n. [L. expostulatio.]
The act of expostulating or reasoning with a person in
opposition to some impropriety of conduct; remonstrance;
earnest and kindly protest; dissuasion.
We must use expostulation kindly. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
expostulation
n : an expression of opposition to a course of action [syn: {remonstrance},
{objection}]
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