expostulate v : reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion

English

Etymology

First attested circa 16th century, from expostulatus, past participle of expostulare, "to demand or claim," from ex- + postulare, "to demand."

Verb

1. To protest or remonstrate.

Synonyms

• challenge
• demur
• except
• inveigh
• kick
• object
• protest
• remonstrate
• squawk

admonish, argue, beef, bitch, boggle, boycott, call in question, caution, challenge, charge, combat, complain, cry out against, daunt, debate, demonstrate, demonstrate against, demur, discuss, dispute, dissuade, encourage, enjoin, enter a protest, except, exhort, fight, frighten off, holler, howl, incite, induce, intimidate, inveigh against, issue a caveat, kick, kid out of, march, move, object, oppose, persuade, picket, preach, press objections, prompt, protest, raise a howl, rally, remonstrate, resist, scruple, sit in, squawk, state a grievance, strike, talk out of, teach in, unpersuade, urge, warn, yell bloody murder