protest

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

noun

an objection; remonstrance
a document formally objecting to something
Law
1. 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
2. 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
3. a declaration by a payer, esp. of a tax, disputing the legality or the amount of the payment being made

pro′·test′·er noun or pro′·tes′·tor

under protest

while expressing one's objections; unwillingly

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.

demur, disagree, object, speak out against; see complain 1, object, oppose 1. See syn. study at object.

A formal objection to something that is, will be, or has been done.

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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