Usually means: Safeguarding against harm or danger.
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We found 39 dictionaries that define the word protection:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. protection: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. protection: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. protection: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. protection: Collins English Dictionary
  5. protection: Vocabulary.com
  6. Protection, protection: Wordnik
  7. protection: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. protection: Wiktionary
  9. protection: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. protection: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. protection: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. protection: Dictionary.com
  13. protection: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. protection: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Protection (Donna Summer song), Protection (Face to Face album), Protection (Graham Parker song), Protection (Massive Attack album), Protection (Massive Attack song), Protection (album), Protection (climbing), Protection (disambiguation), Protection (poker), Protection: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Protection: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. protection: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. protection: Rhymezone
  19. protection, protection (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. protection: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. protection: Free Dictionary
  22. protection: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. protection: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. protection: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  4. Protection (disambiguation), protection: Legal dictionary
  5. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Protection (disambiguation), protection: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Protection (disambiguation), protection: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Protection: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Agricultural Terms, Programs and Laws (No longer online)

(Note: See protections as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
noun:  The state of being safe.
noun:  A means of keeping or remaining safe.
noun:  A means, such as a condom, of preventing pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease.
noun:  (insurance) Coverage.
noun:  Immunity from harm, obtained by illegal payments, as bribery or extortion.
noun:  (obsolete) A document serving as a guarantee against harm or interference; a passport.
noun:  (economics) Restrictions on foreign competitors which limit their ability to compete with domestic producers of goods or services.
noun:  (computing) An instance of a security token associated with a resource (such as a file).
noun:  (euphemistic, rare) Synonym of adult protection (“adult incontinence wear”).

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