Usually means: Formal expression of disagreement, protest.
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We found 40 dictionaries that define the word objection:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. objection: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. objection: Merriam-Webster
  3. objection: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. objection: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. objection: Collins English Dictionary
  6. objection: Vocabulary.com
  7. Objection, objection: Wordnik
  8. objection: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. objection: Wiktionary
  10. objection: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. objection: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. objection: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. objection: Dictionary.com
  14. objection: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. objection: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Objection (Tango), Objection (United States law), Objection (argument), Objection (law), Objection: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Objection: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. objection: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. objection: Rhymezone
  20. objection, objection (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. objection: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. objection: FreeDictionary.org
  23. objection: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. objection: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. objection: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. objection: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. objection: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. DS Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. C-SPAN Congressional Glossary (No longer online)
  8. Objection (argument), Objection (law), Objection, objection: Legal dictionary
  9. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. objection: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. objection: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Environmental Terminology Discovery Service (No longer online)

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Objection: Gambling Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The act of objecting.
noun:  A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to).
noun:  (law) An official protest raised in a court of law during a legal trial over a violation of the rules of the court by the opposing party.

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