"expostulate" meaning in English

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          "sense": "to protest",
          "word": "διαμαρτύρομαι"
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          "sense": "to protest",
          "word": "whakatāmaramara"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to protest",
          "word": "expostular"
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      "roman": "diamartýromai",
      "sense": "to protest",
      "word": "διαμαρτύρομαι"
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      "sense": "to protest",
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      "sense": "to protest",
      "word": "expostular"
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