objection

Definition

  • noun: a reason for disagreeing with or opposing something
  • noun: an act of 'objecting'
  • often + 'to'
  • synonyms: answer, antipathy, argument

Examples

  • The prosecutor's 'objection' was sustained. [=the judge agreed that the prosecutor was right to object]

  • She doesn't have any 'objection to' going. = She's made no 'objection to' going.

  • People have raised/voiced a number of 'objections to' the proposed changes.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) stirs her little heart. You have better luck with falcons. She'll never call you "Dainty face." Any objections? Of course not, my lord. He's just a slave. Let's go ashore and take her along. She stays here. (..)
    1958 The Vikings