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expostulation

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

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Examples

“At length, by dint of much wriggling, and loud and incessant expostulations upon the unbecomingness of his hugging a fellow male in that matrimonial sort⟳ of style, I succeeded in extracting a grunt […]”
“The official declined to listen⟳ to any expostulations.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

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