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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
objection
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
principled stand/opposition/objection etc
▪ He took a principled stand against the legislation.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
conscientious
▪ This conflict is illustrated by the question of conscientious objection in war time.
▪ We have no conscientious objections or anything of that kind.
▪ A separate law allowing for conscientious objection and introducing alternative civilian service was also adopted.
▪ He also, at first, saw conscientious objection as a key to mobilizing opposition to the war itself.
▪ The argument rests on an analogy with the right of conscientious objection which is supported by Dworkin.
▪ When conscription was introduced, he could not plead a conscientious objection to war in general.
▪ Not the rights and wrongs of conscientious objection.
fundamental
▪ Some seek personal de-criminalisation and rehabilitation, others have a more fundamental objection to man-made laws and courts as such.
▪ A more fundamental objection has been that music-hall and vaudeville were essentially controlled by showmen who were of course entrepreneurs.
▪ There is a further fundamental objection, generally overlooked.
▪ Not that we had any fundamental objection to the children.
▪ The most fundamental objection is that the government could be ignoring its long-term obligation to manage the debt cheaply in favour of short-term gains.
▪ However, there is a more fundamental objection.
▪ As we shall see there are fundamental objections to accepting that this should always be so.
main
▪ The main objections to the tree-structure are as follows.
▪ But the main objection to classical foundationalism is that there are no infallible beliefs.
▪ It appears that Mrs Thatcher's main objection was the amount of public money involved.
▪ As he expected, he drew a blank, and found the main objection was the Founders' powers.
major
▪ Sometimes this results in a major objection being reduced to one which can easily be dealt with.
▪ This kind of amendment to traditional stratification analysis would still, of course, leave standing the major objections to it.
▪ Another major theoretical objection to compensation theory concerns the investment behaviour of firms.
▪ However, two major objections can be raised.
▪ The major objection to the percutaneous approach is the possibility of tumour dissemination in the track.
▪ The prescription was logical but totally unacceptable to the government, and there were two major objections to the Layfield proposals.
moral
▪ Aides had denied she had any moral objections but said she had longstanding private engagements to fulfil.
▪ He knew the sort of people he was addressing and he knew the sort of moral objections they found most satisfying.
▪ We make a big show of our moral objections, but what really puts us off are the technical ones.
▪ There were moral objections to children being blown out of sleep to death on a filthy street.
▪ Apart from any moral objections, researchers are scared that they will be deprived of fame and fortune by military secrecy.
▪ There were moral objections to house lizards being senselessly butchered by madmen.
▪ This is quite apart from any moral objections that might arise.
▪ And moral objections to people spending their lives shooting scag.
possible
▪ It is sometimes useful to consider quietly, in advance of the auction, possible objections and their answers.
▪ Delegate gains would be less significant for small states, leading to their possible objections to the proposal.
▪ To the simple call of justice, there are a number of possible objections.
▪ They adduce support for it mainly by removing misunderstandings and a few possible objections.
▪ The possible objections to this analysis, if that is not too strong a word, are many.
▪ A further possible objection to gradation is that it limits the sentencing powers of the judge.
▪ This deals with possible objections listeners may be formulating about the idea before they have a chance to raise them.
religious
▪ Sometimes there are often religious objections.
▪ For example, mandatory polio immunization of all school children has been upheld, despite the religious objections of some parents.
▪ Suitable for couples with religious objections to other methods.
▪ What if the family has religious objections?
▪ Can a teacher refuse to follow the curriculum if the refusal is based on religious objections?
▪ That depends on the state law. Religious objections have been raised by parents and students to various parts of the curriculum.
serious
▪ More immediately serious were the objections of de Montfort.
▪ I do not remember that anyone present raised a serious objection to any of the arrangements described by McFarlane.
▪ A second and more serious objection to this definition concerns the impossibility of completeness in another direction.
▪ A more serious objection to the handling of characters in ordinary dictionaries involves semantics.
▪ Romaine, Le Page and Tabouret-Keller and others have raised serious theoretical objections to the continuum hypothesis itself, as described above.
▪ But he does not regard the charge as a serious objection to his theory.
▪ But there's a more serious objection than that, you know.
▪ On the surface these seem to be very serious objections to the whole enterprise of analysing international relations by means of a general theory.
strong
▪ Assuming licensees and magistrates act sensibly in seeking and granting approval, I can not see any strong objection to this.
▪ The decision follows strong local objections at a public inquiry held at the end of 1991.
▪ This has provoked strong objections, mainly from military types and religious groups.
▪ The organisers have been granted a licence in the face of strong local objections.
■ VERB
based
▪ The case was tried on special demurrer, that is a demurrer based on specific objections to the form of the pleadings.
▪ Can a teacher refuse to follow the curriculum if the refusal is based on religious objections?
consider
▪ We have, therefore, to consider the objections to the doctrine.
▪ A public local inquiry may be required to consider the remaining objections to the scheme.
▪ There is also a larger reason for considering the objection about the place of causal and other nomic connections in science.
▪ Objections I will conclude this chapter by considering a few objections to the account of authority suggested above which challenge its general orientation.
▪ However, we shall have to begin, first, by considering certain monistic objections.
▪ He considered Manville's objection seriously for some moments.
hear
▪ I can already hear the objections from those clubs who have a few players tied up with the Championship.
▪ A public inquiry will start hearing local objections to the building of the complex on May 21.
lodge
▪ The change of heart followed an outcry by the public who lodged objections to the scheme.
▪ No objections have been received and the period for lodging objections has now elapsed.
▪ Opponents to the opt-out now have a chance to lodge objections to the Education Secretary.
make
▪ What is clear is that, in the above passage, he is not making the objection against himself.
▪ They made no objections to my method and seemed to enjoy working with me.
▪ They seemed confused as to what was going on, but were too sleepy to make too loud an objection.
▪ And Pirenne listened and made no objections.
▪ The large cities have not been happy with this position and various proposals have been made to meet their objections.
▪ Anselm made no objection either to the person appointed or to the manner of his appointment.
▪ Tremayne's eyebrows rose but he made no objection.
▪ Sometimes counsel for one of the parties in a case will make objection to a particular judge hearing the case.
meet
▪ The second is to be prepared to try to meet the objections of those affected by alternative arrangements.
▪ I am aware that these proposals only go part way to meeting the objections raised at the meeting.
▪ The large cities have not been happy with this position and various proposals have been made to meet their objections.
▪ We must try to meet many of the objections made by the hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills.
▪ This was met with dismay and objection, but the logic could not be refuted.
▪ Davis's claims have met with many objections.
overcome
▪ Lakatos developed his picture of science in an attempt to improve on, and overcome the objections to, Popperian falsificationism.
▪ It covered subjects which included selling skills, overcoming customers' objections and motivating retail salesmen.
▪ Though their scruples were overcome, their objection pointed to their awareness that the ceremony was changing its meaning.
▪ An extension of linear programming which overcomes this objection is that of goal programming.
▪ It offers high performance in acid digestion techniques overcoming many of the objections associated with traditional batch methods.
▪ He manages not only to identify the perpetrator but also to overcome Harriet's feminist objections to marriage.
raise
▪ I do not remember that anyone present raised a serious objection to any of the arrangements described by McFarlane.
▪ Unfortunately, if I raise any objections, he just refuses to make love at all.
▪ The wire service Reuter also has raised objections.
▪ She appeared to be raising no objection.
▪ And as prosecutors employ the strategy elsewhere, other defendants may raise objections.
▪ He could have raised objections to Father Kipling's arguments -; but then he could have raised objections to his objections.
▪ Again, Alexander, Dole and Forbes raised no objection.
withdraw
▪ Then I assume that you withdraw your objection.
▪ He conveyed this to the building inspectors, which allowed the Council to withdraw their objection on this score.
▪ The first women inspectors were appointed in April 1942, but were withdrawn shortly afterwards following objections from the remaining men.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ If anyone has any objections, please let us know as soon as possible.
▪ If you have no objection, I would like to use your name as a reference when I start applying for jobs.
▪ When I told him about my plans, my father raised one objection after another.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A more substantial objection is why neither Karen nor I had dived in to try and save Dennis.
▪ Democrats are now engaged in a full-scale legislative blockade, stopping all bills with objections and threatened filibusters.
▪ Locke faces the objection that there is no historical evidence for his account of the creation of political authority.
▪ Nevertheless, Macmillan had no objection to experimental steps being taken in that direction.
▪ There were moral objections to house lizards being senselessly butchered by madmen.
▪ This characteristic has important implications for two elements of the sales process: handling objections and the close.
▪ Yet this objection is easily answered once the hormonal theory is taken into account.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Objection

Objection \Ob*jec"tion\, n. [L. objectio: cf. F. objection.]

  1. The act of objecting; as, to prevent agreement, or action, by objection.
    --Johnson.

  2. That which is, or may be, presented in opposition; an adverse reason or argument; a reason for objecting; obstacle; impediment; as, I have no objection to going; unreasonable objections. ``Objections against every truth.''
    --Tyndale.

  3. Cause of trouble; sorrow. [Obs. or R.]

    He remembers the objection that lies in his bosom, and he sighs deeply.
    --Jer. Taylor.

    Syn: Exception; difficulty; doubt; scruple.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
objection

late 14c., from Old French objeccion "reply, retort" (12c.) and directly from Late Latin obiectionem (nominative obiectio), "a throwing or putting before," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin obicere "to oppose" (see object (n.)).

Wiktionary
objection

n. The act of objecting.

WordNet
objection

  1. n. the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest [syn: expostulation, remonstrance]

  2. the speech act of objecting

  3. the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent [syn: protest, dissent]

  4. (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality

Wikipedia
Objection

Objection may refer to:

  • Objection (law), a motion during a trial to disallow a witness's testimony or other evidence
  • Objection (argument), used in informal logic and argument mapping
    • Inference objection, a special case of the above
    • Counterargument, in informal logic, an objection to an objection
  • Objection (Tango), a song by Shakira
  • A phrase shouted numerous times in games from the Ace Attorney series; its purpose in line with the legal and argumental terms
Objection (Tango)

"Objection (Tango)" is a song recorded by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira for her fifth studio album and first English-language album Laundry Service (2001). It was the first song Shakira wrote in English after being encouraged by American singer Gloria Estefan to record material in the language. She also produced the track along with Lester Mendez. "Objection (Tango)" musically combines elements of pop rock and tango, and contains instrumentation from the bandoneón and guitar. Through the lyrics of the song, Shakira aims to end a love triangle she is a part of. The song was released as the third single from the album on 6 July 2002. A Spanish version of the song, entitled "Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango)" ("I'm Warning You, I'm Telling You"), was also recorded by the singer.

Upon its release, "Objection (Tango)" received generally favourable reviews from music critics, some of whom found it similar to the work of American new wave band The B-52's. Commercially, "Objection (Tango)" was a success and peaked inside the top ten of record charts of various countries such as Australia, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands and France. The song became the last single from the album to chart in the United Kingdom and on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States, reaching numbers 17 and 55, respectively. "Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango)" charted inside the top ten of the US Billboard Latin Pop Airplay and Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay charts. "Objection (Tango)" was certified platinum and gold in Australia and France by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP), respectively.

An accompanying music video for "Objection (Tango)" was directed by Dave Meyers and features Shakira fighting her unfaithful lover and his mistress in a club. A segment of the video is rendered in an animated cartoon-form. For additional promotion, Shakira performed a samba-inspired version of the song at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards. It was also included in the setlist of the Tour of the Mongoose, which was launched to promote Laundry Service. "Objection (Tango)" was also used in a Pepsi commercial featuring Shakira.

Objection (argument)

In informal logic an objection (also called expostulation or refutation), is a reason arguing against a premise, lemma, or main contention. An objection to an objection is known as a rebuttal.

Objection (law)

In the law of the United States of America, an objection is a formal protest raised in court during a trial to disallow a witness's testimony or other evidence which would be in violation of the rules of evidence or other procedural law. An objection is typically raised after the opposing party asks a question of the witness, but before the witness can answer, or when the opposing party is about to enter something into evidence. The judge then makes a ruling on whether the objection is "sustained" (the judge agrees with the objection and disallows the question, testimony, or evidence) or "overruled" (the judge disagrees with the objection and allows the question, testimony, or evidence). An attorney may choose to "rephrase" a question that has been objected to, so long as the judge permits it. Lawyers should make an objection before there is an answer to the question.

Usage examples of "objection".

Objection 1: It would seem that it was unbecoming that the Magi should come to adore Christ and pay homage to Him.

Seregil rose and cleared his throat before Alec could make further objections.

There were objections aplenty, I can tell you, and the debate raged on for quite a while, but in the end the needs of everyone in the Amalgamation had to come first.

The Court sustained the injunction against the objection that it violated freedom of the press, holding that appellant was guilty of attempting to monopolize interstate commerce.

Judge, answering to the said appeal, if it may be called an appeal, if it may be called an appeal, says that he has proceeded in the present cause justly and as he ought and not otherwise, nor has he molested or intended to molest the appellant, as is apparent from a perusal of the alleged objections.

There are certain babblers, babblers of genius are they, who sweep up interruptions, objections, and observations in this way as they go along, by way of provision to swell the matter of their conversation, as if that source were ever in any danger of running dry.

Objection 1: It seems that the character of Confirmation does not presuppose, of necessity, the baptismal character.

Objection 1: It would seem that Christ alone should have been baptized with the baptism of John.

And yet, even if it were instituted merely in order that Christ might be baptized therewith, it was still necessary for others to receive this baptism, in order to avoid the objection mentioned above.

Objection 1: It would seem that Christ was baptized at an unfitting time.

Objection 1: It would seem that Christ should not have been baptized in the Jordan.

Objection 1: It would seem that it is not fitting to say that when Christ was baptized the Holy Ghost came down on Him in the form of a dove.

Objection 1: It seems that one that is not baptized cannot confer the sacrament of Baptism.

Objection 1: It seems that in Baptism it is not necessary for someone to raise the baptized from the sacred font.

Objection 1: It seems that sinners who are going to be baptized are bound to confess their sins.