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   remonstrance

   /rɪˈmɒnstr(ə)ns/

   noun

   • 1. a forcefully reproachful protest: "despite angry remonstrances from residents, the board had already confirmed the planners' approval of two other projects"
   • ▪ a document drawn up in 1610 by the Arminians of the Dutch Reformed Church, presenting the differences between their doctrines and those of the strict Calvinists.

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘evidence’): from Old French, or from medieval Latin remonstrantia, from remonstrare ‘demonstrate, show’ (see remonstrate).

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