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   prot·es·ta·tion

   /ˌprädəˈstāSH(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. an emphatic declaration that something is or is not the case: "her protestations of innocence were in vain" Similar declarationannouncementstatementprofessionassertioninsistenceclaimaffirmationassuranceattestationoathvowpledgeavowalrare:maintenanceasseveration
   • ▪ an objection or protest: "he was warned by the referee for his loud protestations" Similar objectionproteststatement of oppositionexceptioncomplaintdisapprovaloppositionchallengedissentdemurralremonstrationfussoutcryrailinginveighingfulminationinformal:stink

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin protestatio(n-), from protestari ‘to protest’ (see protest).

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