'Protection' definitions:
Definition of 'protection'
From: WordNet
noun
The activity of protecting someone or something; "the witnesses demanded police protection"
noun
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]
noun
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]
noun
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]
noun
Kindly endorsement and guidance; "the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council" [syn: auspices, protection, aegis]
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" [syn: protection, trade protection]
noun
Payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence; "every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection" [syn: protection, tribute]
Definition of 'Protection'
From: GCIDE
- Protection \Pro*tec"tion\, n. [L. protectio: cf. F. protection.]
- 1. The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection. [1913 Webster]
- To your protection I commend me, gods. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which protects or preserves from injury; a defense; a shield; a refuge. [1913 Webster]
- Let them rise up . . . and be your protection. --Deut. xxxii. 38. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A writing that protects or secures from molestation or arrest; a pass; a safe-conduct; a passport. [1913 Webster]
- He . . . gave them protections under his hand. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Polit. Econ.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- Writ of protection. (Law) (a) A writ by which the king formerly exempted a person from arrest; -- now disused. [Eng.] --Blackstone. (b) 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. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Preservation; defense; guard; shelter; refuge; security; safety. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'protection'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aegis,
- aid,
- armament,
- armor,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- assistance,
- assurance,
- autarky,
- avoidance reaction,
- barrier,
- benefit,
- bill of health,
- bimetallism,
- blackmail,
- boodle,
- bribe,
- bribe money,
- buffer,
- bulwark,
- care,
- charge,
- check,
- clear sailing,
- clearance,
- comfort,
- conservancy,
- conservation,
- conservationism,
- constraint,
- control,
- cooling,
- cooling down,
- cooling off,
- curb,
- curtailment,
- custodianship,
- custody,
- deceleration,
- defence,
- defense,
- defense in depth,
- defense mechanism,
- defenses,
- deterrent capacity,
- ease,
- economic self-sufficiency,
- ego defenses,
- environmental conservation,
- escape mechanism,
- extortion,
- forearming,
- forehandedness,
- foresight,
- foresightedness,
- forest conservation,
- forest management,
- forethought,
- forethoughtfulness,
- free enterprise,
- free trade,
- full pratique,
- good offices,
- governmentalism,
- graft,
- gratification,
- gratuity,
- guard,
- guardianship,
- guarding,
- harmlessness,
- haven,
- help,
- hindrance,
- hold,
- hush money,
- immunity,
- inhibition,
- injunction,
- insurance,
- interdict,
- invulnerability,
- keep,
- keeping,
- laissez-faire,
- laissez-faireism,
- legal restraint,
- line,
- localism,
- maintenance,
- managed currency,
- measures,
- ministration,
- ministry,
- monopoly,
- negative taxis,
- noninterference,
- nonintervention,
- nullification,
- office,
- offices,
- pad,
- party line,
- party principle,
- pass,
- passport,
- patronage,
- payoff,
- payola,
- planned economy,
- policy,
- polity,
- position,
- pratique,
- precaution,
- precautions,
- precautiousness,
- preserval,
- preservation,
- preventive custody,
- preventive measure,
- price supports,
- prohibition,
- protectionism,
- protective custody,
- protective tariff,
- providence,
- provision,
- psychological defenses,
- public policy,
- pump-priming,
- rationing,
- refuge,
- rein,
- relief,
- remedy,
- rescue,
- resistance,
- restraint,
- restraint of trade,
- retardation,
- retrenchment,
- risklessness,
- safe-conduct,
- safeguard,
- safekeeping,
- safeness,
- safety,
- salvage,
- salvation,
- sanctuary,
- saving,
- screen,
- sectionalism,
- security,
- self-control,
- self-defense,
- self-preservation,
- self-protection,
- service,
- shakedown,
- shelter,
- shield,
- slowing down,
- soil conservation,
- sop,
- sponsorship,
- squeeze,
- steps,
- steps and measures,
- stream conservation,
- succor,
- support,
- surety,
- tariff wall,
- the defensive,
- therapy,
- thought control,
- upkeep,
- visa,
- ward,
- water conservation,
- wetlands conservation,
- wildlife conservation
Protection, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Protection, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000) :
558
Housing Units (2000) :
297
Land area (2000) :
0.951816 sq. miles (2.465191 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.951816 sq. miles (2.465191 sq. km)
FIPS code :
57850
Located within :
Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location :
37.201316 N, 99.483403 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
67127
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Words containing 'Protection'
- Protect,
- Protected,
- Protecting,
- Protectingly,
- Protective,
- Protectiveness,
- protectively,
- Port Protection,
- Protection, KS,
- Protective coloring,
- Protective tariff,
- Writ of protection,
- protection racket,
- protective coloration,
- protective cover,
- protective covering,
- protective embankment,
- protective fold,
- protective garment,
- trade protection,
- Port Protection, AK,
- Voltaic protection of metals,
- environmental protection agency,
- equal protection of the laws,
- federal protective service,
- self-protection,
- sun protection factor