Synonyms for protection
prəˈtɛk ʃənpro·tec·tion

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1. protection

   The weak may speak or act in defense of the strong; none but the powerful can assure others of protection. A defense is ordinarily against actual attack; protection is against possible as well as actual dangers. We speak of defense against an assault, protection from the cold. Vindication is a triumphant defense of character and conduct against charges of error or wrong. Compare APOLOGY.

   Synonyms:
   apology, bulwark, defense, fortress, guard, justification, rampart, resistance, safeguard, shelter, shield, vindication

   Antonyms:
   abandonment, betrayal, capitulation, desertion, flight, surrender

   Preposition:
   Defense against assault or assailants; in law, defense to an action, from the testimony.

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1. protection

   Synonyms:
   shelter, defence, security, safety, refuge, guard

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1. protectionnoun

   the activity of protecting someone or something

   "the witnesses demanded police protection"

   Synonyms:
   protective covering, aegis, security, tribute, trade protection, shelter, protective cover, auspices

2. protective covering, protective cover, protectionnoun

   a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury

   "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors"

   Synonyms:
   protective covering, aegis, tribute, trade protection, security, shelter, protective cover, auspices

3. security, protectionnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   protective covering, surety, auspices, security system, tribute, trade protection, security measures, certificate, aegis, security measure, security, protective cover, security department, shelter

4. protection, shelternoun

   the condition of being protected

   "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home"

   Synonyms:
   protective covering, aegis, security, tribute, trade protection, tax shelter, shelter, protective cover, auspices

5. auspices, protection, aegisnoun

   kindly endorsement and guidance

   "the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council"

   Synonyms:
   protective covering, aegis, tribute, trade protection, egis, security, shelter, protective cover, auspices, breastplate

6. protection, trade protectionnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   protective covering, aegis, security, tribute, trade protection, shelter, protective cover, auspices

7. protection, tributenoun

   payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence

   "every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection"

   Synonyms:
   protective covering, aegis, security, tribute, trade protection, shelter, protective cover, auspices, testimonial

Matched Categories

1. • Activity
   • Assets
   • Endorsement
   • Extortion
   • Security

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1. protectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   shelter, defence, security, safety, refuge, guard, preservation

2. protectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   shield, ægis, buckler, palladium

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1. protectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   defense, shield, shelter, tutelage, refuge, bulwark, coverture, safeguard

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1. List of paraphrases for "protection":

   protect, protecting, protective, protected, welfare, protections, safeguard, safeguarding, defence, protección, conservation, preservation, coverage, guardianship, epd, tutela, care, safety, security, schutz, safeguards, shield, protects, amparo, protecção

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1. Ronald Reagan:

   As long as there are guns, the individual that wants a gun for a crime is going to have one and going to get it. The only person who's going to be penalized and have difficulty is the law-abiding citizen, who then cannot have it if he wants protection-the protection of a weapon in his home, for home protection.

2. Ashish Jha:

   Still worth getting Modernas Covid-19 vaccine, it really offers an extra level of protection, an extra layer of protection. What vaccines do is they keep kids out of the hospital, and that's why they are so effective and everybody deserves that protection.

3. Anthony Fauci:

   They do have protection. The one thing that we are not aware of yet, and hopefully we'll get that data, is what the durability of protection is and looking ahead, whether or not that type of protection that's induced by natural infection, how that will be against the variety of variants as they arrive.

4. David Leffell:

   The scientific facts are inescapable — regular use of sun protection reduces skin cancer and cancer precursors, the benefits of sun protection and the incontrovertible evidence of sunburn and chronic sun exposure as a cause of about 60 % of melanomas should inspire people to continue reasonable sun protection if they fit into the moderate to high risk groups, and even if they don’t.

5. John Adams:

   Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it.