expostulation
Meaning
The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
Synonyms
Translations
rimostranza
reconvención
opposition
Vorhaltung
reconvenció
αιτίαση διαμαρτυρίαEtymology
From Latin expostulātiōnem, accusative singular of expostulātiō (“complaint, expostulation”), from expostulō (“demand, expostulate”), from ex (“out of, from”) + postulō (“demand or claim”). See expostulate.
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