objection
A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to).
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Connecticut adopts homeschool regulation over staunch objection from GOP ground.news/article/conn...
In Dorset and Norfolk it tends to be dog walkers and adjacent property owners both giving reasons which justify objection to change. Dog walkers also object to subsequent grazing introduction, I've seen this for 50 ye…
I share your disbelief. The problem is, there are so many people spouting racist nonsense on social media platforms, it's become normalised rather than something shameful. Moderate objection is often labelled as extre…
The solar panel compared to industrial crop issue is similar, food production raised as an objection to solar which is a visual change, industrial crops ignored as no visual change occurs and many people do not know t…
Chelmsley Wood shop is allowed to sell alcohol for longer despite objection from health official Licence chiefs say 'no evidence' to support public health objection as they grant shop's alcohol licence
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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.
“Connecticut adopts homeschool regulation over staunch objection from GOP ground.news/article/conn...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“In Dorset and Norfolk it tends to be dog walkers and adjacent property owners both giving reasons which justify objection to change. Dog walkers also object to subsequent grazing introduction, I've seen this for 50 years, you see a pattern of reasons found to object.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I share your disbelief. The problem is, there are so many people spouting racist nonsense on social media platforms, it's become normalised rather than something shameful. Moderate objection is often labelled as extremism by these bigots.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The solar panel compared to industrial crop issue is similar, food production raised as an objection to solar which is a visual change, industrial crops ignored as no visual change occurs and many people do not know the crop is not a food crop.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Chelmsley Wood shop is allowed to sell alcohol for longer despite objection from health official Licence chiefs say 'no evidence' to support public health objection as they grant shop's alcohol licence”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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The act of objecting.
"objection" means: The act of objecting.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"objection" means: The act of objecting.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“I have no moral objection to mimics, so not so much for me.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Also, my Spidey sense starts tingling anyone reveals that their actual objection to unfair and systemically discriminatory systems is not the discrimination, but that their preferred group is not controlling the levers of power. So, yeah, its the culture war, too”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Academics trying to meld into the policy debate with an empirically devoid but an eye-catching claim that can mean pretty much anything shouldn't be upset with the general objection of the claim. Examples include "DNA has an influence in human behavior."”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The attitude of the force always needs to be maintained. A bad one can corrupt the rest if it goes unchecked. I believe that's the objection most critics have of the police. The many good ones suffer from the actions of a few bad ones.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Daniel Kehlmann's The Director stages film production under the Nazi regime as a system of work. The argument: obedience doesn't require declaration. It requires the absence of objection. www.notesonbooks.net/the-director/ #HistoricalFiction”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(legal) 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.
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