meaning of remonstrate
1. To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate.
2. 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.
3. censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a strangers car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold
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