remonstrance

Etymology

From Middle French remonstrance (French remontrance).

noun

1. A remonstration; disapproval; a formal, usually written, objection or protest.
   I have heard again and again, remonstrances have been addressed to me more than once, because of the condemnation which Democratic speakers so continually utter about the unnationality as well as the unconstitutionality of the Republican party. 1858, Jefferson Davis, quoting Caleb Cushing, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton and Company, published 1881, page 551
   But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion. 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest
   In the past, emperors based their right to rule mostly on heredity and so could listen to remonstrance from below without necessarily feeling that legitimacy was at stake. 15 March 2004, Perry Link, “China: A new postmortem on Tiananmen”, in Time