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Meaning of expostulation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

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

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية تربية
Kurdî sitem
Türkçe sitem

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

expostulator exposture exposure exposure bucks exposure meter exposure therapy

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