objection

Type of:: communicating, communication
the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information

Examples:: Boston Tea Party
demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest against taxes on tea

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; boycott
a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies; direct action
a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands; demonstration, manifestation
a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature); walkout
the act of walking out (of a meeting or organization) as a sign of protest; work-in
occasion when workers continue to work as a protest against e.g. proposed dismissal or closure of the factory; protest march
occasion when you can express opposition by marching (usually on some government institution) without a license; civil disobedience
a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination); job action
a temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands; nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, passive resistance
peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate; recusancy
refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England

Types:: show 15 types...; hide 15 types...; challenge
a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror; complaint
an expression of grievance or resentment; demur, demurral, demurrer
(law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings; dissent
(law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority; exception
grounds for adverse criticism; beef, bitch, gripe, kick, squawk
informal terms for objecting; protest, protestation
a formal and solemn declaration of objection; protest
the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval; caption
taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument; grievance
a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action; grumble, grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering
a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone; jeremiad
a long and mournful complaint; kvetch
(Yiddish) a nagging complaint; pet peeve
an opportunity for complaint that is seldom missed; whimper, whine
a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way

Types:: recusation
(law) an objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties

Type of:: procedure
a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings

DEFINITIONS OF: objection