Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Remonstrance

Remonstrance (-m?n"strans) , noun

[Compare Old French remonstrance, French remonstrance. See Remonstrate.]

1.
The act of remonstrating
(a)
A pointing out; manifestation; proof; demonstration. [Obsolete]
You may marvel why I... would not rather Make rash remonstrance of my hidden power Than let him be so lost. — Shakespeare
(b)
Earnest presentation of reason in opposition to something; protest; expostulation.
2.
(R.C.Ch.) Same as Monstrance.