Protestation

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An emphatic declaration.
  • n. A strong or formal expression of dissent.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a formal solemn objection or other declaration
  • n. A declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, protesting that it does or does not exist, and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or denial.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of making a protest; a public avowal; a solemn declaration, especially of dissent.
  • n. Formerly, a declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, protesting that it does or does not exist, and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or denial.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A solemn or formal declaration of a fact, opinion, or resolution: an asseveration: as, protestations of friendship or of amendment.
  • n. A solemn or formal declaration of dissent; a protest.
  • n. In law, a declaration in pleading, by which the party interposed an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, by protesting that it did or did not exist, and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or denial, the object being to admit it for the purpose of the present action only, and reserve the right to deny it in a future action — “an exclusion of a conclusion.”
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a formal and solemn declaration of objection
  • n. a strong declaration of protest
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    objection    declaration   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    statement    protest   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alsatian    Americanization    Appalachian    Balkanization    Christianization   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    entreaty    exclamation    remonstrance    denunciation    declaration   
     
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