protection

Definition

  • noun: the state of being kept from harm, loss, etc.
  • noun: the act of 'protecting'
  • often + 'against'
  • synonyms: refuge, defense, safety

Examples

  • The rabbit's white fur serves as 'protection from' predators during the winter.

  • His store was burned down because he refused to pay for 'protection'.

  • The policy offers complete 'protection against' fire and theft.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Get someone else to run your scams. Nothing stops. Nothing. Or you will do the hardest time there is. No more protection from the guards. I'll pull you out of that -bunk Hilton and cast you down with the sodomites. You'll think you've been fucked by a train. And the library? (..)
    1994 The Shawshank Redemption