protection


Meanings

  • the activity of protecting someone or something;
    • "the witnesses demanded police protection"
  • a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury;
    • "they had no protection from the fallout"
    • "wax provided protection for the floors"
  • defense against financial failure; financial independence;
    • "insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness"
  • the condition of being protected;
    • "they were huddled together for protection"
    • "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home"
  • kindly endorsement and guidance;
  • 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"
  • payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence;
    • "every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection"


Scrabble Score: 14

protection is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

protection is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

protection is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 17

protection is a valid Words With Friends word