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Meaning of protection
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protection
n 1: the activity of protecting someone or something; "the
witnesses demanded police protection"
2: a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury;
"they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided
protection for the floors" [syn: {protective covering},
{protective cover}, {protection}]
3: 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"
[syn: {security}, {protection}]
4: the condition of being protected; "they were huddled together
for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection
in his new home" [syn: {protection}, {shelter}]
5: kindly endorsement and guidance; "the tournament was held
under the auspices of the city council" [syn: {auspices},
{protection}, {aegis}]
6: 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" [syn:
{protection}, {trade protection}]
7: payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence; "every
store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection" [syn:
{protection}, {tribute}]
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