Remonstrate

v. t.	1.	To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate. [imp. & p. p. Remonstrated (-str *t d); p. pr. & vb. n. Remonstrating.] I will remonstrate to you the third door. - B. Jonson.
v. i.	1.	To present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of proceedings; to expostulate; as, to remonstrate with a person regarding his habits; to remonstrate against proposed taxation. It is proper business of a divine to state cases of conscience, and to remonstrate against any growing corruptions in practice, and especially in principles. - Waterland.

Verb	1.	remonstrate - argue in protest or opposition
	2.	remonstrate - present and urge reasons in opposition Synonyms: point out
	3.	remonstrate - censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" Synonyms: call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, bawl out, berate, rebuke, reproof, scold, reprimand, call down, lambast, lambaste, lecture, trounce, jaw, rag

admonish, beef, bitch, boggle, boycott, call in question, caution, challenge, charge, combat, complain loudly, confront, contend with, cry out against, daunt, demonstrate, demonstrate against, demur, dispute, dissent, dissuade, encourage, enjoin, enter a protest, except, exhort, expostulate, face down, face out, face up to, fight, frighten off, front, holler, howl, incite, induce, intimidate, inveigh against, issue a caveat, kick, kick against, kid out of, make a stand, march, meet head-on, move, object, offer resistance, oppose, persuade, picket, preach, press objections, prompt, raise a howl, rally, recalcitrate, reluct, resist, revolt, scruple, show fight, sit in, squawk, stand, stand at bay, stand up against, stand up to, state a grievance, strike, strive against, talk out of, teach in, unpersuade, urge, warn, withstand, yell bloody murder

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