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What is a demurral?

What is a demurral? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The act of demurring.
  2. (law) A formal objection.
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His demurral — from someone who had rarely disappointed AIPAC — was a sign that the lobby might be in uncharted terrain.
They gave her demurral for her pain and something for the nausea.
But at the risk of having Ruddy relegate me once more to the old folks' bench in Theology Park, I would also like to register a demurral or two.
A member of the audience piped up to suggest that O'Donnell's position as pro-tort reform was clear enough, despite his demurral.
As I hoped and expected, he could not do that and responded without a word of demurral or argument on the merits.
It's impossible to say whether they were reformed, or whether Davuluri's elegantly dismissive demurral elucidated the error of their ways.

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