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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest;
[syn: expostulation, remonstrance, remonstration, objection]

2. an exclamation of protest or remonstrance or reproof; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         We must use expostulation kindly.        --Shak.
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The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

EXPOSTULATION, n.  One of the many methods by which fools prefer to
lose their friends.