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Protection   /prətˈɛkʃən/  /pərtˈɛkʃən/   Listen
Protection

noun
1.
The activity of protecting someone or something.
2.
A covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury.  Synonyms: protective cover, protective covering.  "Wax provided protection for the floors"
3.
Defense against financial failure; financial independence.  Synonym: security.  "Insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness"
4.
The condition of being protected.  Synonym: shelter.  "He enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home"
5.
Kindly endorsement and guidance.  Synonyms: aegis, auspices.
6.
The imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition.  Synonym: trade protection.
7.
Payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence.  Synonym: tribute.



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"Protection" Quotes from Famous Books



... will need many new discoveries and occupy generations of critical ingenuity. We can distinguish certain groups of chapters, an Osirian section on the kingdom of Osiris and the service of it, a theological section, a set of incantations, formulae for the restoration of the heart, for the protection of the soul from spirits and serpents in the hours of night, charms to escape from perils ordained by the gods, an account of the paradise of Osiris, a different version of the kingdom and judgment of Osiris, a Heliopolitan doctrine about the ba, and its powers of transformation ...
— The Religion of Ancient Egypt • W. M. Flinders Petrie

... come to such rules of library administration as concern the readers, or the public. The rule of silence, or total abstinence from loud talking, should be laid down and enforced. This is essential for the protection of every reader from annoyance or interruption in his pursuits. The rule should be printed on all readers' tickets, and it is well also to post the word SILENCE, in large letters, in two or more conspicuous places in the reading-room. This will give a continual reminder ...
— A Book for All Readers • Ainsworth Rand Spofford

... the open mountain roof—apparently unconscious of how large and white he was. He didn't seek protection behind tufts, or any other protuberances, but went straight ahead. It was strange that he was not more careful, for it was apparent that he had fared badly in yesterday's storm. He limped on his right leg, and the left wing hung and dragged as if ...
— The Wonderful Adventures of Nils • Selma Lagerlof

... word Milady turned, looking at the young man with astonishment; and when he had finished, she said in very good French, "Monsieur, I should with great confidence place myself under your protection if the person with whom I quarrel ...
— The Three Musketeers • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

... which every sense was displeased; and why should she hold herself superior to these? Olive Chancellor regulated her conduct on lofty principles, and this is why, having to-night the advantage of a gentleman's protection, she sent for a carriage to obliterate that patronage. If they had gone together in the common way she would have seemed to owe it to him that she should be so daring, and he belonged to a sex to which she wished to be under no obligations. Months ...
— The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) • Henry James


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