objection

CEFRB1

/əbˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/

noun · interjection

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In plain English

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noun
A reason for disagreeing with or opposing something.
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noun
Extra detail
A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to).

Examples

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Deep Dive

Extra meanings

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.
The act of objecting.

Extra meaning

An assertion that a question or statement is in violation of the rules of the court.

In context

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There are millions of Jews living in this country, who have known no other home than America, many of whom have strong objections to racism–and who vote, in a supermajority, for the Democratic Party.
2019 July 17, Talia Lavin, “When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield”, in GQ
In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6
Counsel for the property owner immediately raised an objection which was sustained following argument outside the presence of the jury.
1994, Stephen Davis Porter, editor, Illinois Appellate Reports: Official Reports of the Illinois Appellate Court, page 500

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From Middle French objection, from Old French objeccion, from Latin obiectio. Equivalent to object + -ion.