objection
Etymology
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Etymology
From
- IPA: /əbˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/
objection (plural objections)
- The act of objecting.
- last-minute objection
- A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to).
- I have no objection to any person's religion.
- (legal) An official protest raised in a court of law during a legal trial over a violation of the rules of the court by the opposing party.
- 1994, Stephen Davis Porter, editor, Illinois Appellate Reports: Official Reports of the Illinois Appellate Court, page 500:
- Counsel for the property owner immediately raised an objection which was sustained following argument outside the presence of the jury.
- French: objection
- German: Beanstandung
- Italian: obiezione
- Portuguese: objeção
- Russian: возраже́ние
- Spanish: objeción
- French: objection
- German: Einwand, Widerspruch
- Italian: obiezione
- Portuguese: objeção
- Russian: возраже́ние
- Spanish: objeción
- French: objection
- German: Einspruch
- Italian: obiezione
- Portuguese: protesto, objeção
- Russian: возраже́ние
- Spanish: protesta
- (chiefly, US, legal) An assertion that a question or statement is in violation of the rules of the court.
- Objection! That is irrelevant to this case, Your Honor!
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