different between protestation vs expostulation

English

Etymology

From Old French protestacion, from Latin pr?test?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??t?s?te???n/, /?p???t?s?te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

protestation (countable and uncountable, plural protestations)

1. a formal solemn objection or other declaration
   • October 28, 1552, Hugh Latimer, Sermon on the Gospel for St Simon and St Jude's Day

     The protestation of our faith.

2. (law, historical) A declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, protesting that it does or does not exist, and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or denial.

Related terms

• protest

Anagrams

• potentiators

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pr?test?ti?, pr?test?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.t?s.ta.sj??/

Noun

protestation f (plural protestations)

1. admission, exclamation, statement
2. protest, objection

References

• “protestation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Latin expostul?ti?nem, accusative singular of expostul?ti? (“complaint, expostulation”), from expostul? (“demand, expostulate”), from ex (“out of, from”) + postul? (“demand or claim”). See expostulate.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

expostulation (countable and uncountable, plural expostulations)

1. The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.

Related terms

• demur
• exception
• objection
• protest, protestation
• remonstrance, remonstration
• squawk, kick