protest Definition
pro·test (prō test′, prə-; also, and for n. always prō′test′)
transitive verb
- to state positively; affirm solemnly; assert
- ☆ to make objection to; speak strongly against
- to make a written declaration of the nonpayment of (a bill of exchange or a promissory note)
Etymology: ME protesten < MFr protester < L protestari < pro-, pro- + testari, to affirm < testis, witness: see testify
intransitive verb
- to make solemn affirmation
- to express disapproval; object; dissent
noun
- an objection; remonstrance
- a document formally objecting to something
- Law
- a written declaration by a notary on behalf of the holder of a bill or note, showing that it has not been honored by the drawer
- a written declaration by the master of a ship attesting to the fact that damages or losses were sustained from unavoidable natural causes, and rejecting any liability of the officers and crew
- a declaration by a payer, esp. of a tax, disputing the legality or the amount of the payment being made
protest Related Forms
protest Idioms
under protest
while expressing one's objections; unwillingly
protest Synonyms
protest
n.
Objection
remonstrance, exception, denial, compliant; see objection 1.Public demonstration
mass meeting, rally, demonstration, peace demonstration, draft demonstration, peace rally, race riot, clamor, tumult, turmoil, moratorium, sit-in*, teach-in*, study-in*, mill-in*, love-in*; see also objection 2.
protest Synonyms
protest
v.
protest Law Definition
n
protest Usage Examples
Converse of object
- spark: This has only served to spark mass protests, which quickly spread like wildfire across the country.
- provoke: In either case the burdens of exploitation could and did provoke protest.
- lodge: The Chinese Government and people hereby express their utmost indignation and stern condemnation and lodge the strongest protest against this barbaric atrocity.
- organize: On Monday they organized a protest outside the shop.
Preposition: against
internment: The campaign was in protest against Internment and had begun on 15 August 1971.
Preposition: outside
embassy: He helped coordinate two protests outside the Iranian embassy in London.
Adjective modifier
- peaceful: Your right to peaceful protest does not apply here.
- anti-war: The US authorities on Friday advised their nationals to stay away from anti-war protests in Italy, saying there could be violence.
- non-violent: It would have regarded non-violent protest as something to be safely ignored.
- legitimate: We also raise the demand of the abolition of specialist police units like the riot squad, whose function is to attack legitimate protests.
- angry: No wonder, then, that my argument that dyslexia is a highly problematic notion was greeted by a storm of angry protest.
- mass: Without these wages an explosion of mass protest could occur.
Modifies a noun
- march: Would you join a protest march being planned by the Opposition Church Fields group against 4,000 new homes proposed near Daventry Country Park?
- camp: A TREE TOP protest camp in ancient Sussex woodland has been set up.
- vote: The trend to abstention, rather than protest votes, is more marked in the US than in Europe.
Noun used with modifier
- sit-down: A number of marchers also staged a sit-down protest on Waterloo Bridge, which was broken up by the police.
- anti-capitalist: Like all previous large scale anti-capitalist protests, Barcelona was made up of a very local crowd.
- anti-road: Please note: SABER is neither a community about cars or driving, nor an anti-road protest site.
- solidarity: Several activists were arrested, but released later co-inciding with a solidarity protest in front of Charing Cross Police Station.
- fuel: This followed our press release on the fuel price protests.
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