objeción

/obxeˈθjon/ · B1 · noun · f

expostulation

✋⚖️ objeción = object + -ion: what you say when you object

From Latin obiectio, from obicere, to throw against: ob (against) + iacere (to throw). An objection is an argument thrown against a claim. The Spanish -ción ending matches English -tion, as in nación and nation.

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