Synonyms for objection
əbˈdʒɛk ʃənob·jec·tion

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1. objection

   Synonyms:
   denial, hindrance, opposition, prevention, prohibition, refusal, resistance

   Antonyms:
   allowance, authority, authorization, consent, leave, liberty, license, permission, permit

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1. expostulation, remonstrance, remonstration, objectionnoun

   the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest

   Synonyms:
   protest, remonstrance, remonstration, dissent, expostulation

2. objectionnoun

   the speech act of objecting

   Synonyms:
   protest, remonstrance, remonstration, dissent, expostulation

3. protest, objection, dissentnoun

   the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent

   Synonyms:
   protest, dissent, remonstrance, remonstration, protestation, expostulation

4. objectionnoun

   (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality

   Synonyms:
   protest, remonstrance, remonstration, dissent, expostulation

Matched Categories

1. • Law
   • Procedure
   • Resistance
   • Speech Act

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1. objectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   exception, difficulty, CAVIL, DEMURRER

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1. objectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   exception, scruple, demurrer, cavil

   Antonyms:
   approval, acquiescence

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1. List of paraphrases for "objection":

   opposition, objections, object, oppose, intercept, opposing, contrast, exception, opposes, interception, protest, opposed

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1. Ryan Tipping:

   I worked with a lot of people of very strong faiths on this bill, and, when people look, it's hard to find a religious objection to the incredible amount of good that making these diseases far more rare has brought to the world.

2. British Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin:

   It is regrettable that since 2012, Spain has chosen to ignore its own commitments, which had included removing its objection to the inclusion of Gibraltar airport in EU aviation legislation.

3. Bertrand Russell:

   The practical objection to Puritanism, as to every form of fanaticism, is that it singles out certain evils as so much worse than others that they must be suppressed at all costs. The fanatic fails to recognise that the suppression of a real evil, if carried out too drastically, produces other evils which are even greater.

4. Beth Lynk:

   The argument for the lawyers of Priests for Life was that they objected to all birth control, in Kavanaugh's testimony Brett Kavanaugh description of their objection characterized all types of birth control as' abortion inducing drugs.'.

5. Heywood Broun:

   A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel.