Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-MON'STRANCE, n. [Fr. remontrance. See Remonstrate.]

1. Show; discovery. [Not in use.] – Shak.
2. Expostulation; strong representation of reasons against a measure, either public or private, and when addressed to a public body, a prince or magistrate, it may be accompanied with a petition or supplication for the removal or prevention of some evil or inconvenience. A party aggrieved presents a remonstrance to the legislature.
3. Pressing suggestions in opposition to a measure or act; as, the remonstrances of conscience or of justice. – Rogers.
4. Expostulary counsel or advice; reproof. – Encyc.