The process of keeping (something or someone) safe. / The state of being safe. / A means of keeping or remaining safe.

plural of protection

Of or relating to protection.

(transitive, intransitive) To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.

Serving or intended to protect. / Wishing to protect; defensive of somebody or something.

(Britain) Something that protects. / A condom.

defended / (programming, of a variable, method, etc.) Having the protected access modifier, indicating that a program element is accessible to subclasses but not to the program in general.

simple past tense and past participle of protect

present participle and gerund of protect

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of protect