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Defenition of the word protection

    • Defenition of the word protection

      • A thing that protects somebody or something against harm, injury or danger.
      • The act of protecting somebody or something.
      • Kindly endorsement and guidance.
      • The state of being safe.
      • A measure against contraception or sexually transmitted disease.
      • Money paid for a guarantee against threatened violence by the person or organization receiving the payment.
      • Restrictions on foreign competitors that limit their ability to compete with domestic producers of goods or services.
      • An instance of a security token associated with a resource (such as a file.)
      • The action of attempting to preserve certain species or habitats through rules or laws governing access, collecting, hunting, etc.
      • An amount of money by which something or someone is protected from a loss through an insurance contract.
      • Introducing a group into a molecule to protect a part of that molecule in a chemical reaction.
      • A shielding or protection against the unpleasant, unwanted, or dangerous.
      • kindly endorsement and guidance; "the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council"
      • the activity of protecting someone or something; "the witnesses demanded police protection"; "he hated to spend so much time guarding his new car"
      • the condition of being protected; "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home"
      • 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"
      • payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence; "every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection"
      • a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury; "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors"
      • defense against financial failure; "his pension gave him security in his old age"; "insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness"
      • the activity of protecting someone or something; "the witnesses demanded police protection"
      • defense against financial failure; financial independence; "his pension gave him security in his old age"; "insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness"
      • payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
      • the activity of protecting someone or something
      • the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition
      • kindly endorsement and guidance
      • a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury
      • defense against financial failure; financial independence
      • the condition of being protected

    Synonyms for the word protection

      • aegis
      • armor
      • auspices
      • defense
      • fortification
      • guard
      • guarding
      • protecting
      • protective covering
      • safeguard
      • safety
      • security
      • shelter
      • shield
      • trade protection
      • tribute

    Similar words in the protection

      • protection
      • protection's
      • protections

    Hyponyms for the word protection

      • accompaniment
      • air cover
      • armguard
      • armor
      • armour
      • back
      • bell glass
      • bell jar
      • binder
      • binding
      • blind
      • bonnet
      • book binding
      • bracer
      • cap
      • care
      • charge
      • civil defense
      • cladding
      • cloche
      • coaster
      • cold frame
      • cover
      • covering
      • cowl
      • cowling
      • crystal
      • dashboard
      • defence
      • defense
      • dust cover
      • easy street
      • escort
      • escutcheon
      • faceplate
      • facing
      • fall board
      • fall-board
      • fallboard
      • finger plate
      • guardianship
      • heat shield
      • hedge
      • hedging
      • hood
      • housing
      • immunisation
      • immunization
      • indemnity
      • inoculating
      • insulation
      • insurance
      • liner
      • lining
      • locking
      • lockup
      • mask
      • momism
      • mulch
      • overlay
      • overlayer
      • overprotection
      • overshielding
      • patrol
      • preservation
      • radioprotection
      • ring-binder
      • roof
      • ruggedisation
      • ruggedization
      • saving
      • screen
      • scutcheon
      • sealing
      • self-defence
      • self-defense
      • self-protection
      • shade
      • sheath
      • sheathing
      • shelter
      • shield
      • shielding
      • splashboard
      • splasher
      • testudo
      • thumbstall
      • toecap
      • tutelage
      • vaccinating
      • washboard
      • watch crystal
      • watch glass
      • waterproofing

    Hypernyms for the word protection

      • activity
      • asset
      • assets
      • covering
      • endorsement
      • extortion
      • imposition
      • indorsement
      • infliction
      • security

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