Associations to the word «Remonstrate»

Wiktionary

REMONSTRATE, verb. (intransitive) To object; to express disapproval (with, against).
REMONSTRATE, verb. (intransitive) (chiefly historical) Specifically, to lodge an official objection (especially by means of a remonstrance) with a monarch or other ruling body.
REMONSTRATE, verb. (transitive) (often with an object consisting of direct speech or a clause beginning with that) To state or plead as an objection, formal protest, or expression of disapproval.
REMONSTRATE, verb. To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate.

Dictionary definition

REMONSTRATE, verb. Argue in protest or opposition.
REMONSTRATE, verb. Present and urge reasons in opposition.
REMONSTRATE, verb. 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".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King