protest

protest
n
1. objection, exception, disagreement; demur, demurral, scruple, qualm, compunction; challenge; negation, denial, disclaimer; complaint, grievance, Inf. beef, Inf. kick, Sl. squawk, Sl. bitch, peeve, Inf. pet peeve, Inf. gripe, Inf. grouse.
2. demonstration, public demonstration, Inf. demo, rally, march, sit-in; walkout, strike, shutdown, closedown, slowdown; boycott.
v
3. remonstrate, expostulate, plead, argue; demur, scruple, have qualms or scruples, boggle.
4. object to, say no to, dissent, oppose, take issue, take exception, beg to differ; mind, balk at, draw the line at, make one's stand against, stand and be counted against, vote against; complain, put up a fight, not take lying down, fuss, make a fuss over, Inf. kick up a fuss, Inf. kick, Inf. beef, Inf. raise hell, Inf. cry bloody murder, Sl. bitch, Sl. squawk; inveigh, censure, denounce; disapprove, disfavor, view with disfavor, frown at or upon, not think much of, not take kindly to, Inf. take a dim view of.
5. demonstrate, sit in, march, rally; boycott; strike, picket.
6. assert, asseverate, aver, avow, avouch, attest, affirm, assure; declare, announce, annunciate, pronounce, enounce, have one's say, speak one's mind or piece; profess, obtest; maintain, contend, argue, insist.

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