objection
NounUS[uhb-jek-shuhn]/əbˈdʒɛkʃən/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (4)objections
- the act of expressing earnest opposition or protestSynonyms: expostulationremonstranceremonstrationType of communication, communicating
- the speech act of objectingType of speech actKinds protest, dissent, gripe, complaint, demur, challenge, exception
- the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissentSynonyms: protestdissentType of resistanceKinds demonstration, boycott, direct action, walkout
- (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegalityType of procedureKinds recusation
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Translations
Noun act of objecting
- Spanish
- objeción
- French
- objection
- German
- Einwand
- Italian
- obiezione
- Portuguese
- objeção
- Turkish
- itiraz
- Russian
- возраже́ние vozražénije
- Arabic
- اِعْتَرَاض iʕtarāḍ
- Chinese
- 异议 yìyì
- Japanese
- 異議 igi
14 more languages
- Dutch
- bezwaar
- Polish
- sprzeciw
- Swedish
- invändning
- Greek
- αντίρρηση antírrisi
- Korean
- 이의 iui
- Portuguese (PT)
- objeção
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 異議 yìyì
- Catalan
- objecció
- Czech
- námitka
- Danish
- indvending
- Esperanto
- kontraŭparolo
- Icelandic
- mótbára
- Norwegian
- innvending
- Romanian
- obiecție
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ob·jec′tion noun
Origin: L. objectio: cf. F. objection.
1. The act of objecting; as, to prevent agreement, or action, by objection. Dr. Samuel Johnson
2. That which is, or may be, presented in opposition; an adverse reason or argument; a reason for objecting; obstacle; impediment; as, I have no objection to going; unreasonable objections. “Objections against every truth.” John Tyndale
3. Cause of trouble; sorrow. obsolete or rare
He remembers the objection that lies in his bosom, and he sighs deeply.— Taylor, Jeremy
Synonyms: Exception; difficulty; doubt; scruple.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54