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ob·jec·tion Listen to audio/əbˈʤɛkʃən/ noun
plural ob·jec·tions
1 : a reason for disagreeing with or opposing something : a reason for objecting [count] My main objection is that some people will have to pay more than others.often + to His main objection to buying the car is that it's too expensive. People have raised/voiced a number of objections to the proposed changes. [noncount] She doesn't have any objection to going. = She's made no objection to going. He said he had no objection to the plan.
2 law a [count] : an act of formally objecting to something during a trial.
The prosecutor's objection was sustained. [=the judge agreed that the prosecutor was right to object]
bused as an interjection by lawyers during trials when they think something is not fair or proper Objection! That question is misleading.

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