objection

Nouns

  • (n) the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest expostulation, remonstrance, remonstration,
  • (n) the speech act of objecting
  • (n) the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent protest, dissent,
  • (n) (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 illegality

Synonyms

expostulation remonstrance remonstration protest dissent

Words of close approximity

objectify objective
objectionable objectionableness objectionably