| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | The act of expressing strong or reasoned opposition: challenge, exception, expostulation, objection, protest, protestation, remonstrance, remonstration, squawk. Slang : kick. See SUPPORT. | | VERB: | To express opposition, often by argument: challenge, except, expostulate, inveigh, object, protest, remonstrate. Informal : kick, squawk. Idioms: set up a squawk, take exception. See SUPPORT.
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