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Definition: Expostulation |
ExpostulationNoun1. An expression of opposition to a course of action. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "expostulation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references) |
Etymology: Expostulation \Ex*pos`tu*la"tion\, noun. [Latin expression expostulatio.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Satire | EXPOSTULATION, n. One of the many methods by which fools prefer to lose their friends. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ExpostulationSynonyms: objection (n), remonstrance (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Advice | Exhortation; (persuasion); expostulation; (dissuasion); admonition; (warning); guidance; (direction). |
Deprecation | Noun: deprecation, expostulation; intercession, mediation, protest, remonstrance. |
Disapprobation | Reprehension, remonstrance, expostulation, reproof, reprobation, admonition, increpation, reproach; rebuke, reprimand, castigation, jobation, lecture, curtain lecture, blow up, wigging, dressing, rating, scolding, trimming; correction, set down, rap on the knuckles, coup de bec, rebuff; slap, slap on the face; home thrust, hit; frown, scowl, black look. |
Dissuasion | Noun: dissuasion, dehortation, expostulation, remonstrance; deprecation. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Expostulation |
| English words defined with "expostulation": Expostulatory. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "expostulation": Expostulation. (references) |
| "Expostulation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Expostulation" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
expostulation reply wordsworth | 2 |
expostulation reply | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "expostulation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | bindje (amenability, assurance, assuredness, cogency, conformity, conviction, docility, obedience, persuasion, politics, suasion, submission). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | أتهام مضاد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | увещание (reassurance), разубеждаване (deterrence, dissuasion), възражение (answer, caveat, demur, demurrer, deprecation, exception, objection, protest, protestation, question, rejoinder, remonstrance, reply, reservation), опит за разубеждаване, протест (caveat, kick, objection, obtestation, outcry, protest, protestation, rebellion, remonstrance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | odrazení. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | récrimination. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tiltakozás (kick, objection, protest, protestation, recrimination, remonstrance, veto), szemrehányás (blame, opprobrium, reproach, tax), figyelmeztetés (admonishment, admonition, caution, caveat, cue, exhortation, notice, notification, reminder, remonstrance, tip off, tip-off, warning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | rimostranza (clamor, clamour, complaint, remonstrance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 切諌 (admonition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せっか" (admonition, chastisement, correcting, regents and advisers, sarcophagus, scolding severely, spanking, stone coffin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | expostulationay expostulação, repreensão (admonition, brushoff, censure, chide, exhortation, faultfinding, impeachment, lecture, lesson, rag, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, scolding, slur, snap, snub, talking to, trimming, upbringing, wigging), queixar, queixa (bill, clamor, clamour, complaint, faultfinding, grievance, jericho, kick, lament, moan, plaintiff, protest, railing, remonstrance). (various references) mustrare binevoitoare. (various references) увещевание (exhortation). (various references) ozbiljno raspravljanje. (various references) amonestación (admonishment, admonition, caution, reprimand, warning). (various references) förebråelse (impeachment, opprobrium, reproach, reproof). (various references) eleştiri (animadversion, censure, comment, commentary, criticism, critique, denouncement, knocking, review, slating, stricture, strictures), sitem (animadversion, complaint, rebuke, remonstrance, representation, reproach, reproof, reproval), itiraz (but, cavil, challenge, contest, contradiction, demur, deprecation, disapproval, objection, outcry, protest, protestation, remonstrance), dostça uyarı. (various references) умовляння (admonition, blandishment, cajolement, cajolery, coaxing, exhortation, reassurance, remonstrance, suasion), докір (objurgation, rebuke, reproach, reproof, reproval, twit). (various references) sự thân ái vạch chỗ sai trái, sự phê bình nhận xét. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "expostulation": expostulations. (additional references) | |
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"Expostulation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: espostulation, expotulation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "expostulation" (pronounced 'Ex*pos`tu*la"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-n-o-o-p-s-t-t-u-x" | |
-2 letters: exultations, postulation. | |
-3 letters: autopilots, exsolution, exultation, plaintexts, potentials. | |
-4 letters: antipoles, auntliest, autopilot, explosion, expulsion, luxations, optionals, outpaints, outpoints, patooties, plaintext, polonaise, postulant, postulate, potations, potential, pulsation, stipulate, telotaxis, tinplates, tonoplast. | |
-5 letters: alunites, antipole, apolunes, elations, elutions, explains, explants, exploits, exultant, insolate, insulate, looniest, loopiest, lutanist, lutenist, luxation, nepotist, nuptials, oilstone, opalines, optional, opuntias, ostinato. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-n-o-o-p-s-t-t-u-x" | |
+1 letter: expostulations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 78 70 6F 73 74 75 6C 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01111000 01110000 01101111 01110011 01110100 01110101 01101100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E x p o s t u l a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0078 0070 006F 0073 0074 0075 006C 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39908281858687786786758180 |
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