Antonyms 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.

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

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

   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

Matched Categories

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

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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

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1. protectionnoun

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

How to use protection in a sentence?

1. The FBI:

   At this time, there is no specific or credible threat to the United States. We will not hesitate to adjust our security posture, as appropriate, to protect the American people, dHS and the FBI routinely share information with our state, local, federal and international law enforcement, intelligence and homeland security partners, and continually evaluate the level of protection we provide at federal facilities.

2. Katherine Pruitt:

   The Biden administration has set themselves a good, strong to do list of things that will help with environmental justice and climate protection, they’re moving kind of slow, though. So we’d like them to pick up the pace.

3. Jaclyn Falkowski:

   The level of protection of this highly sensitive information is very much a focus of our investigation.

4. Charlie Hebdo:

   If Counterterrorism John Miller factored that, plus the events in Texas the other day where violence stirring around the same issue happened, and there are calls on social media for more violence around that issue against the same targets, this becomes a very obvious place to have a lot of protection.

5. An Environmental Protection Agency lawyer:

   Environmental Protection Agency ethics lawyer casts doubt on Pruitt’s housing arrangement - AP :.

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