remonstrate

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• intransitive verb To say or plead in protest, objection, or reproof.
• intransitive verb To reason or plead in protest; present an objection. synonym: object.

from The Century Dictionary.

• To exhibit; demonstrate; prove.
• To exhibit or present strong reasons against an act, measure, or any course of proceedings; expostulate: as, to remonstrate with a person on his conduct; conscience remonstrates against a profligate life.
• Synonyms Reprove, Rebuke, etc. (see censure), object, protest, reason, complain.
• To show by a strong representation of reasons; set forth forcibly; show clearly.
• To show or point out again.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• transitive verb obsolete To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate.
• intransitive verb To present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of proceedings; to expostulate.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• verb intransitive To object; to express disapproval (with, against).
• verb intransitive Specifically, to lodge an official objection (especially by means of a remonstrance) with a monarch or other ruling body.
• verb transitive To state or plead as an objection, formal protest, or expression of disapproval.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• verb argue in protest or opposition
• verb censure severely or angrily
• verb present and urge reasons in opposition