"demurral" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "demur",
        "3": "al"
      },
      "expansion": "demur + -al",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From demur + -al.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "demurrals",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "demurral (countable and uncountable, plural demurrals)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 17, in The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Her steady tone, her emphasizing twitches, were new to Nick; they seemed to signal a change in their relations that wouldn't easily be reversed. He was used to her easy assents, her oddly contented demurrals […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of demurring."
      ],
      "id": "en-demurral-en-noun-8TBpVC9m",
      "links": [
        [
          "demur",
          "demur"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "sense": "act of demurring: suspending proceedings",
          "word": "hiatus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "sense": "act of demurring: putting off",
          "word": "deferral"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "en:Law",
          "parents": [
            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -al",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A formal objection."
      ],
      "id": "en-demurral-en-noun-GA8JLl~-",
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "objection",
          "objection"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) A formal objection."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈmɝəl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈmɜːɹəl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜːɹəl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "moratorium"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "recess"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pause"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "procrastination"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "deferment"
    }
  ],
  "word": "demurral"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -al",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜːɹəl",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜːɹəl/3 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "demur",
        "3": "al"
      },
      "expansion": "demur + -al",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From demur + -al.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "demurrals",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "demurral (countable and uncountable, plural demurrals)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 17, in The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Her steady tone, her emphasizing twitches, were new to Nick; they seemed to signal a change in their relations that wouldn't easily be reversed. He was used to her easy assents, her oddly contented demurrals […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of demurring."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "demur",
          "demur"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A formal objection."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "objection",
          "objection"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) A formal objection."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈmɝəl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈmɜːɹəl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜːɹəl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "act of demurring: suspending proceedings",
      "word": "hiatus"
    },
    {
      "word": "moratorium"
    },
    {
      "word": "recess"
    },
    {
      "word": "pause"
    },
    {
      "sense": "act of demurring: putting off",
      "word": "deferral"
    },
    {
      "word": "procrastination"
    },
    {
      "word": "deferment"
    }
  ],
  "word": "demurral"
}