objection

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əbˈdʒɛkʃən/, X-SAMPA: /@b"dZEkS@n/

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• Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

Noun

objection (plural objections)

1. The act of objecting.
2. 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"

3. (law) 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.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often used with "objection": serious, conscientious, fatal, grave, etc.
• Verbs often used with "objection": raise, make, meet, answer, etc.

Related terms

• objector

Translations

act of objecting

• Czech: námitka (cs) f
• French: objection (fr) f
• German: Beanstandung (de) f
• Greek: αντίρρηση (el) (antírrisi) f
• Icelandic: andmæli (is) n pl, mótbára (is) f

• Italian: obiezione (it) f
• Norwegian: protest (no) m, innvending (no) m and f
• Portuguese: objeção (pt) f
• Romanian: obiectare (ro) f, obiecție (ro) f
• Russian: возражение (ru) (vozražénije) n

statement expressing opposition

• Arabic: اعتراض (ar) (iʕtarāɖ) m
• Chinese: 异议 (yìyì)
• Czech: námitka (cs) f
• Dutch: tegenwerping (nl) f
• Esperanto: malkonsento (eo)
• Finnish: vastaväite (fi)
• French: objection (fr) f
• German: Einwand (de) m, Widerspruch (de) m
• Greek: αντίρρηση (el) (antírrisi) f
• Hungarian: ellenvetés (hu), ellenzés (hu)
• Italian: obiezione (it) f

• Japanese: 反対 (ja) (はんたい, hantai)
• Korean: 반대 (ko) (bandae)
• Luxembourgish: Awand (lb) m, Objektioun (lb) f
• Norwegian: innvending (no) m and f
• Portuguese: objeção (pt) f
• Romanian: obiecție (ro) f
• Russian: возражение (ru) (vozražénije) n
• Spanish: objeción (es) f
• Swedish: invändning (sv) c
• Telugu: అభ్యంతరం (te) (abhyantaram)

official protest raised in a court of law

• Czech: námitka (cs)
• Dutch: bezwaar (nl) n
• Finnish: vastalause (fi)
• French: objection (fr) f
• German: Einspruch (de) m
• Italian: obiezione (it) f

• Japanese: 異議あり (ja) (igiari)
• Polish: sprzeciw (pl) m
• Romanian: obiecție (ro) f, protest (ro) n
• Russian: возражение (ru) (vozražénije) n, протест (ru) (protést) m
• Spanish: protesta (es) f

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French

Noun

objection f (plural objections)

1. objection (all meanings)

Related terms

• objet
• objecter
• objecteur
• objectif