demur
C2CEFR level
80/100Rarity: very rare
FormalRegister
General verb
To raise a polite objection or hesitate.
She demurred at the sweeping claim.
Law verb
To object that an opponent's pleading, though factually assumed true, is legally insufficient.
Counsel demurred, contending that the statement of claim disclosed no reasonable cause of action.
Business verb
To raise an objection or express reluctance rather than assent.
Their counsel demurred at the indemnity cap, calling it far too low for a deal this size.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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