protection
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
protection/prəˈtekʃn/
▶noun
- 1 the action or state of protecting or being protected.
■ a person or thing that protects.
■ a document guaranteeing safety to the person specified in it.
- 2 the payment of money to criminals to prevent them from attacking oneself or one's property.
'protection' also found in these Oxford entries:
aegis
- air cover
- amulet
- asylum
- ATP
- auspice
- back
- battleship
- blackmail
- blessed
- blessing
- bosom
- care
- cathodic protection
- chaparajos
- Chapter 11
- client
- cocoon
- consumerism
- convoy
- cover
- coverage
- cross
- cushion
- Danegeld
- data protection
- defenceless
- defilade
- dodger
- earplug
- EPA
- escort
- factor
- father
- flak jacket
- flysheet
- fortify
- garrison
- green
- greenhouse
- greenway
- heat shield
- heavy
- hedge
- hermit crab
- housing
- immunity
- indemnity
- insurance
- internationalize
