Expostulation
[ɪk,spɑstʃə'leʃən]
Definition
(noun.) an exclamation of protest or remonstrance or reproof.
(noun.) the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest.
Typist: Natalie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of expostulating or reasoning with a person in opposition to some impropriety of conduct; remonstrance; earnest and kindly protest; dissuasion.
Editor: Margie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Remonstrance.
Checker: Patrice
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. One of the many methods by which fools prefer to lose their friends.
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Examples
- He saw that she would take no further heed of his expostulation, so he began to pour the tea. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- There was some expostulation, some tittering. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He was moving towards her to change places, but her terrified expostulation stopped him and he resumed his seat. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Miss Bingley warmly resented the indignity he had received, in an expostulation with her brother for talking such nonsense. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- In his expostulation he dropped his cleaner hand (perhaps accidentally, perhaps not) upon the joker's heart. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It will cost me several cups of tea, some toast and cake, and an ample measure of remonstrances, expostulations, and persuasions. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He has been most kind; he has used arguments and expostulations, all in vain--in vain. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Lily continued to meet his expostulations with a smile. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- But his wife's expostulations awoke his half-slumbering regrets; and Tom's manly disinterestedness increased the unpleasantness of his feelings. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Typist: Sean