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demurrer collapse: (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings

boycott collapse: a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies; refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with

sit in collapse: participate in an act of civil disobedience; attend as a visitor; "Can I sit in on your Intermediate Hittite class?"

profess collapse: state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"; confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes to be a Communist"; practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; "She professes organic chemistry"; take vows, as in religious order; "she professed herself as a nun"; receive into a religious order or congregation; state freely; "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"

remonstrate collapse: argue in protest or opposition; present and urge reasons in opposition

demur collapse: (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings; take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"; enter a demurrer

objection collapse: (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 speech act of objecting

welsh collapse: a breed of dual-purpose cattle developed in Wales; a Celtic language of Wales; of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language; "the Welsh coast"; "Welsh syntax"; cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt

grievance collapse: a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action; an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice

allege collapse: report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"

squawk collapse: the noise of squawking; "she awoke to the squawk of chickens"; "the squawk of car horns"; utter a harsh abrupt scream

overspend collapse: spend at a high rate; spend more than available of (a budget)

overexert collapse: exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength; "don't overexert yourself when exercising!"

sedition collapse: an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government

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