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Expostulation

The act of expostulating or reasoning with a person in opposition to some impropriety of conduct; remonstrance; earnest and kindly protest; dissuasion.

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Communicating 76% connected

of Communicate

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Communication 76% connected

The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.

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Exclaiming 76% connected

of Exclaim

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Exclamation 76% connected

A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling…

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Expostulate 74% connected

To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urging him to make redress o…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Expostulate 74% connected

To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urging him to make redress o…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

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Objection 92% connected

The act of objecting; as, to prevent agreement, or action, by objection.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Remonstrance 92% connected

The act of remonstrating

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Remonstration 92% connected

The act of remonstrating; remonstrance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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