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expostulation

[ ik-spos-chuh-ley-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of expostulating; remonstrance; earnest and kindly protest:

    In spite of my expostulations, he insisted on driving me home.

  2. an expostulatory remark or address.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of expostulation1

1580–90; < Latin ±ð³æ±è´Ç²õ³Ù³Ü±ôÄå³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ±ð³æ±è´Ç²õ³Ù³Ü±ôÄå³Ù¾±Å ) complaint. See expostulate, -ion
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His expostulations broke through, and Iowa began whittling — then bludgeoning — its way into the lead.

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And are we tacitly meant to regard the poetry-loving Don Diego, with his dainty handkerchiefs and repeated expostulations about “these turbulent times,†as an effeminate gay man?

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Pacific time on Fox’s over-the-air network, a variety of expostulations were registered as loudly for this arrangement as they once were for the Video Assistant Referee system.

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For most Americans, President Trump’s expostulations are audible wallpaper, always there but not really noticed.

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At dinner, an old man burst out yelling in his tongue; the object of these expostulations being one of Bono’s friends, Charles.

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