All 8 Uses

remonstrate
in
The Portrait of a Lady
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Pray do; but I don't say I shall always think your remonstrance just.†
Chpt 7 *

remonstrance = argument in protest or opposition
But he appeared unable to move; there was still an immense unwillingness in his attitude and a sore remonstrance in his eyes.†
Chpt 16
It had occurred to Ralph that, in the conditions, Isabel's parting with her friend might be of a slightly embarrassed nature, and he went down to the door of the hotel in advance of his cousin, who, after a slight delay, followed with the traces of an unaccepted remonstrance, as he thought, in her eyes.†
Chpt 18
It implied things she could never assent to—rights, reproaches, remonstrance, rebuke, the expectation of making her change her purpose.†
Chpt 32
So please don't remonstrate; in talking about it you have me at a disadvantage.†
Chpt 33
I don't remonstrate, I simply answer you: I must give some sign of intelligence.†
Chpt 33
from Henrietta, who, she was sure, would come out, too late, on purpose to remonstrate;†
Chpt 35
As, however, she had, in spite of the remonstrances of her hostess, declined other invitations on the ground that she was not dancing at all, it was not possible for her to make an exception in Lord Warburton's favour.†
Chpt 43

remonstrances = arguments in protest or opposition

Definitions:

(1) (remonstrate)
argue, complain, or criticize
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
In Shakespeare's time, remonstrance was used as a synonym for display, revelation, or manifestation.