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From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) : [ devils ]
EXPOSTULATION, n. One of the many methods by which fools prefer to
lose their friends.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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.
[1913 Webster]
We must use expostulation kindly. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
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) 2.0 : [ wn ]
expostulation
n 1: the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest [syn: remonstrance,
objection]
2: an exclamation of protest or remonstrance or reproof
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
expostulation
n.
The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
expostulation
n.
The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
expostulation
n.
The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
expostulation
n.
The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
expostulation /ɛkspˌɒstjʊlˈeɪʃən/
stížnost
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
expostulation /ɛkspˌɒstjʊlˈeɪʃən/
Protest
see: expostulations
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
expostulation /ɛkspˌɒstjʊlˈeɪʃən/
1. figyelmeztetés
2. tiltakozás
3. szemrehányás
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 劝告,谏言;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 劝告,谏言
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