noun (n)

• the activity of protecting someone or something(noun.act)

  Example:
  The witnesses demanded police protection.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury(noun.artifact)

  Example:
  They had no protection from the fallout.
  Wax provided protection for the floors.
  

  Synonym:
  protective cover, protective covering
  

  source: wordnet30
• defense against financial failure; financial independence(noun.possession)

  Example:
  Insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness.
  

  Synonym:
  security
  

  source: wordnet30
• the condition of being protected(noun.state)

  Example:
  They were huddled together for protection.
  He enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home.
  

  Synonym:
  shelter
  

  source: wordnet30
• kindly endorsement and guidance(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  aegis, auspices
  

  source: wordnet30
• the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition(noun.act)

  Example:
  He made trade protection a plank in the party platform.
  

  Synonym:
  trade protection
  

  source: wordnet30
• payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence(noun.act)

  Example:
  Every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection.
  

  Synonym:
  tribute
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection.(noun)

  source: webster1913