Protection

[prə'tekʃ(ə)n] or [prə'tɛkʃən]

Definition

(noun.) payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence; 'every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection'.

(noun.) the activity of protecting someone or something; 'the witnesses demanded police protection'.

(noun.) the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition; 'he made trade protection a plank in the party platform'.

(noun.) the condition of being protected; 'they were huddled together for protection'; 'he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home'.

Inputed by Jane--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection.

(n.) That which protects or preserves from injury; a defense; a shield; a refuge.

(n.) A writing that protects or secures from molestation or arrest; a pass; a safe-conduct; a passport.

(n.) A theory, or a policy, of protecting the producers in a country from foreign competition in the home market by the imposition of such discriminating duties on goods of foreign production as will restrict or prevent their importation; -- opposed to free trade.

Edited by Cheryl

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Shelter, defence, security, safety, refuge, guard, preservation.[2]. Shield, ægis, buckler, palladium.

Inputed by Bartholomew

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Shelter, defence, security, safety, refuge, guard,[See SECURITY]

Checker: Sylvia

Unserious Contents or Definition

Originally, the swaddling clothes of the infant, Industry; now, merely the shoe-lacings for the giant, Monopoly.

Typist: Psyche

Examples

Checked by Beth

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