Protection

What do we mean by protection?

The act of protecting. noun

The condition of being protected. noun

One that protects. noun

A pass guaranteeing safe-conduct to travelers. noun

Something that lowers the risk of pregnancy or infection, especially the use of a condom. noun

Payment collected by racketeers from businesses or illegal enterprises under threat of violence. noun

Payment made by racketeers to officials or law enforcement to avoid arrest or prosecution. noun

The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; defense; shelter or preservation from loss, injury, or any form of harm or evil: as, the protection of good laws; divine protection. noun

That which protects or shields from harm; something that preserves from injury: as, camphor serves as a protection against moths. noun

A writing that guarantees protection; a passport, safe-conduct, or other writing which secures the bearer from molestation; especially, a certificate of nationality issued by the customs authorities of the United States to seamen who are American citizens. noun

In political economics, the theory, doctrine, or system of fostering or developing the industries of a country by means of imposts on products of the industries imported into that country; the discouragement of foreign competition with the industries of a country by imposing import duties, granting monopolies of commerce, etc. noun

A writ issued to a person required to attend court as witness, juror, etc., to secure him from arrest for a certain time. Synonyms Guard, refuge, security. noun

The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter. noun

That which protects or preserves from injury; a defense; a shield; a refuge. noun

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

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. noun

A judicial writ issued to a person required to attend court, as party, juror, etc., intended to secure him from arrest in coming, staying, and returning. noun

The process of keeping (something or someone) safe. noun

The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.

The state of being safe.

A means of keeping or remaining safe.

A means, such as a condom, of preventing pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease.

Coverage.

Immunity from harm, obtained by illegal payments, as bribery or extortion.

A document serving as a guarantee against harm or interference; a passport.

Restrictions on foreign competitors which 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).

Words that are spelled similarly to protection:
protection, projection, profection, provection, prosection, protectin, proteccion, production, prosecution, protector, protective, pretention, prospection, protraction, proreption, retection, protecting, protension, prelection, proception, protections, proaction, project on, projektion.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word protection:
epa, affordable, biodiversity, clause, agency, privacy, armour, conservation, predators, amendment, protected, act, copyright, endangered, armor, pollution, protect, bankruptcy, environmental, threats, wildlife, prevention, discrimination, preservation, enforcement, rights, regulation, laws, legislation, environment, consumer, regulations, radiation.

Words that rhyme with protection:
collection, section, inflection, reflection, projection, direction, connection, affection, predilection, infection, selection, introspection, election, complexion, confection, injection, insurrection, perfection, resurrection, intersection, inspection, convection, objection, correction, rejection, dissection, flexion, erection, interjection, recollection, detection, advection, cross section, midsection, defection, interconnection, imperfection, circumspection, disaffection, natural selection, ejection, transection, rection, reelection, redirection, disconnection, caesarean section, mutual affection, disinfection, reinspection, right of election, by election, conic section, mercator projection, stage direction, preelection, general election, conic projection, bottle collection, conical projection, primary election, golden section, quarter section, map projection, urinary tract infection, garbage collection, rhythm section, sound reflection, angle of reflection, eye infection, overprotection, violin section, bye election, coin collection, intravenous injection, opportunistic infection, string section, house of correction, stamp collection, art collection, fungal infection, brass section, sense of direction, map collection, vertical section, coefficient of reflection, clarinet section, focal infection, mental rejection, rental collection, signal detection, change of direction, horizontal section, loan collection, plane section, point of intersection, sports section, trumpet section, reed section, tax collection.

Adjectives that are often used to describe protection:
environmental, equal, legal, adequate, special, effective, better, additional, british, greater, best, full, complete, mutual, constitutional, only, sufficient, divine, military, further, personal, cathodic, copyright, self, proper, international, maximum, intellectual, temporary, extra, necessary, less, federal, immediate, inadequate, partial, excellent, limited, agricultural, absolute, diplomatic, ample, statutory, overcurrent, term, powerful, mechanical, respiratory, royal, efficient, judicial, permanent, reasonable, myocardial, added, overload, substantial, legislative, naval, insufficient, secret, enough.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective protection:
system, clause, measures, laws, program, equipment, schemes, agencies, device, policy, movement, scheme, policies, work, programs, services, mechanism, works, test, societies, groups, law, activities, software, chemicals, features, purposes, regulations, plan, measure, factor, strategy, activity, provisions, efforts, circuit, agents, issue, feature, workers, organizations, rules, facilities, authorities, money, analysis, rating, method, actions, projects, problem, principle, argument, function, practices, grounds, clauses, organization, phase, society, experiments, mode, materials, association, costs, statutes, plans, principles, claim, standard, violation, bill, associations, assessment, engineering, act, network, unit, cream, concept, claims, project, advocates, technique, hypothesis, team, insurance, urge, worker, perspective.

Words that sound like protection:
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