1. The act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
   "The lawyer's objection was sustained by the judge";
   - expostulation, remonstrance, remonstration
    
2. A complaint or act of complaining
   "I have an objection about the service here";
   - gripe [informal], kick [informal], beef [informal], bitch [informal], squawk [informal]
    
3. The act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
   "The lawyer raised an objection to the line of questioning";
   - 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
   "The defence attorney's objection was sustained by the judge"; "Frequent objections disrupted the flow of the trial"

Derived forms: objections

Type of: communicating, communication, procedure, resistance, speech act

Encyclopedia: Objection