Protection word meaning and definition

[noun] kindly endorsement and guidance; "the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council"
[noun] payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence; "every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection"
[noun] the activity of protecting someone or something; "the witnesses demanded police protection"
[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"
[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"
[noun] defense against financial failure; "his pension gave him security in his old age"; "insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness"
[noun] the condition of being protected; "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home"

\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. To your protection I commend me, gods. --Shak. 2. That which protects or preserves from injury; a defense; a shield; a refuge. Let them rise up . . . and be your protection. --Deut. xxxii. 38. 3. A writing that protects or secures from molestation or arrest; a pass; a safe-conduct; a passport. He . . . gave them protections under his hand. --Macaulay. 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}. {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. Syn: Preservation; defense; guard; shelter; refuge; security; safety.

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