-
nounthe act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissenttype of:
-
verbexpress opposition through action or wordstype of:
-
"they finished the game under protest to the league president" "the senator rose to register his protest" "the many protestations did not stay the execution"nouna formal and solemn declaration of objection
Similar:
type of: -
"The suspect protested his innocence"verbaffirm or avow formally or solemnly
-
"he shouted his protests at the umpire" "a shower of protest was heard from the rear of the hall"nounthe act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapprovaltype of:
-
verbutter words of protest
Examples of protest
- "they finished the game under protest to the league president"
- "the senator rose to register his protest"
- "the many protestations did not stay the execution"
- "The suspect protested his innocence"
- "he shouted his protests at the umpire"
- "a shower of protest was heard from the rear of the hall"