Definitions:

1. a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury noun
   • they had no protection from the fallout
2. in trade, the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition noun
   • They made trade protection a plank in the party platform.
3. payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence noun
   • Every store in the neighborhood had to pay them protection.
4. the activity of protecting someone or something noun
   • the witnesses demanded police protection
5. the condition of being protected noun
   • they were huddled together for protection

Synonyms:

• aegis
• auspices
• protective cover
• protective covering
• security
• shelter
• trade protection
• tribute

NearBy Words:

• protectionism
• protectionist