remonstrance

noun

Etymology: From Middle French remonstrance (French remontrance).

1. A remonstration; disapproval; a formal, usually written, objection or protest.

   “Moreover, you must remember, even as children, Marie was ever more resolute than myself; and now, how little would she heed remonstrance of mine!”

   “I have heard again and again, remonstrances have been addressed to me more than once, because of the condemnation which Democratic speakers so continually utter about the unnationality as well as the unconstitutionality of the Republican party.”