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Meanings of
demur
in English
Spanish
excepción
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(Law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings.
demurrer
demurral
Spanish
excepción
Catalan
exceptuar
Spanish
exceptuar
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Take exception to.
except
Catalan
exceptuar
Usage of
demur
in English
1
Fenwick made no further
demur
;
he accepted the conditions there and then.
2
Her voice showed doubt-thenatural
demur
of her young ignorance and idealism.
3
He lets things happen without
demur
,
but he doesn't initiate such things.
4
The Krooman made the communication, and Harry without
demur
accepted the conditions.
5
They worked for their human or vodyanoi bosses without
demur
or enthusiasm.
6
The chief, to the surprise of all, did not
demur
at this.
7
First of all, since the
demur
,
we have more than 400 plaintiffs.
8
She was very emphatic and angry with me for my hazarded
demur
.
9
Some Hindu scholars
demur
to this derivation of Śâktism from lower cults.
10
Sir Launcelot nodded his head nor did he make any further
demur
.
11
Barry had executed too many equally singular orders to raise any
demur
.
12
Charlie has begun to
demur
,
and intends to write you a letter.
13
Martin himself never explicitly said that but he did not exactly
demur
either.
14
The Archbishop was inclined to
demur
;
humbly but firmly he deprecated the imputation.
15
O'Brien's servant, however, had admitted the two of them without
demur
.
16
Without
demur
he concurred in every proposition set before him by Father José.
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demur
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
make no demur
demur to
further demur
slight demur
accept without demur
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Translations for
demur
Spanish
excepción
reparo
postergación
exceptuar
objetar
poner objecciones
Catalan
exceptuar
Demur
through the time
Demur
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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