expostulation

[Lat. expostulatio, from expostulatus, pa. par. of expostulo.J 1. Ord. Lang.: The act of expostulating or remonstrating; a pre ing or urging of reasons in opposition to any act or proposed act, on the ground of its impropriety; remonstrance. in spite of the philo "The Long Parliament had sophical and eloquent expostulation of Milton, established and maintained a censorship." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. ii. 2. Rhet .: An addre containing an expostulation. ěx-pos-tu-lā-tõr, s. [Eng. expostulat (e); -or.] One who expostulates or remonstrates with another.