Dictionary Definition
objection
Noun
1 the act of expressing earnest opposition or
protest [syn: expostulation, remonstrance]
2 the speech act of objecting
3 the act of protesting; a public (often
organized) manifestation of dissent [syn: protest, dissent]
4 (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
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Noun
- The act of objecting.
- A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition.
- An official protest raised in a court of law during a legal trial over a violation of the rules of the court by the opposing party.
Translations
The act of objecting
- Czech: námitka
- French: objection
- German: Beanstandung
- Italian: obiezione
- Russian: возражение (vozražénije)
A statement expressing opposition
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 异议 (yìyì)
- Dutch: tegenwerping
- Finnish: vastaväite
- French: objection
- German: Einwand , Widerspruch
- Hungarian: ellenvetés, ellenzés
- Italian: obiezione
- Japanese: 反対 (はんたい, hantai)
- Korean: 반대 (bandae)
- Portuguese: objeção
- Russian: возражение (vozražénije)
- Spanish: objeción
- Swedish: invändning
A official protest raised in a court of law
- Finnish: vastalause
- French: objection
- German: Einspruch
- Italian: obiezione
- Russian: возражение (vozražénije) , протест (protést)
French
Noun
fr-noun f- Objection (all meanings)
Extensive Definition
An objection is an exclamation of disagreement or
opposition, it may also refer to:
- Objection (law), a motion during a trial to disallow a witness's testimony or other evidence
- Objection
(argument), used in informal logic and argument mapping
- Inference objection, a special case of the above
- Counterargument, in informal logic, an objection to an objection
- Objection (Tango), a song by Shakira
See also
- Object (disambiguation)
- Ace Attorney
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
answer,
antipathy, argument, ban, bashfulness, beef, bitch, blackball, blackballing, block, blockade, boggle, boggling, bottleneck, boycott, catch, challenge, combative reaction,
complaint, compunction, cordon, counteraction, counterstatement,
curtain, defense, defiance, demonstration, demur, demurral, demurrer, denial, determent, deterrent, difficulty, diffidence, dim view,
disagreement,
disappointment,
disapprobation,
disapproval,
discontent, discontentedness,
discontentment,
disenchantment,
disesteem, disfavor, disgruntlement, disillusion, disillusionment,
dislike, displeasure, dispute, disrespect, dissatisfaction,
dissent, dissentience, distaste, doubt, drawback, exception, exclusion, expostulation, falter, faltering, fractiousness, grievance, grievance
committee, hang-up, hazard, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, hitch, howl, hurdle, indignation, indignation
meeting, interference, joker, kick, low estimation, low opinion,
march, modesty, negativism, noncooperation,
nonviolent protest, obstacle, obstinacy, obstruction, obstructive, one small
difficulty, opposition, opposure, ostracism, passive resistance,
pause, picketing, plea, pleading, protest, protest demonstration,
protestation,
qualm, qualm of
conscience, qualmishness, question, rally, reaction, rebuff, rebuttal, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, recalcitration, recoil, refractoriness, refusal, refutation, rejection, reluctance, remonstrance, remonstration, renitence, renitency, repellence, repellency, reply, repulse, repulsion, resistance, response, revolt, riposte, rub, scruple, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, shrinking, shyness, sit-in, snag, special demurrer, special
pleading, squawk,
stand, statement of
defense, stickling,
strike, stumbling block,
stumbling stone, teach-in, thumbs-down, uncooperativeness,
unhappiness,
withstanding