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protest
noun
1 protest
A formal and solemn declaration of objection:
— 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.
synonym: protestation.
Roget 766:
deprecation,
expostulation;
intercession,
mediation,
protest,
remonstrance.
Roget 808:
nonpayment;
default,
defalcation;
protest,
repudiation;
application of the sponge†;
whitewashing.
insolvency,
bankruptcy,
failure;
insufficiency
etc.
640;
run upon a bank;
overdrawn account.
waste paper bonds;
dishonored bills,
protested bills;
bogus check,
bogus cheque,
rubber check.
bankrupt,
insolvent,
debtor,
lame duck,
man of straw,
welsher,
stag,
defaulter,
levanter†.
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Roget 773:
nonobservance
etc.
772;
evasion,
inobservance,
failure,
omission,
neglect,
laches [Law],
laxity,
informality.
infringement,
infraction;
violation,
transgression;
piracy.
retraction,
retractation†,
repudiation,
nullification;
protest;
forfeiture.
lawlessness;
disobedience
etc.
742;
bad faith
etc.
940.
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Roget 536:
negation,
abnegation;
denial;
disavowal,
disclaimer;
abjuration;
contradiction,
contravention;
recusation [Law],
protest;
recusancy
etc.
(dissent)
489;
flat contradiction,
emphatic contradiction,
emphatic denial,
dementi [Lat.].
qualification
etc.
469;
repudiation
etc.
610;
retraction
etc.
607;
confutation
etc.
479;
refusal
etc.
764;
prohibition
etc.
761.
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Roget 535:
affirmance,
affirmation;
statement,
allegation,
assertion,
predication,
declaration,
word,
averment;
confirmation.
asseveration,
adjuration,
swearing,
oath,
affidavit;
deposition
etc.
(record)
551;
avouchment;
assurance;
protest,
protestation;
profession;
acknowledgment
etc.
(assent)
488;
legal pledge,
pronouncement;
solemn averment,
solemn avowal,
solemn declaration.
remark,
observation;
position
etc.
(proposition)
514,
saying,
dictum,
sentence,
ipse dixit [Lat.].
emphasis;
weight;
dogmatism
etc.
(certainty)
474;
dogmatics
etc.
887.
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2 protest
The act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent.
synonyms: dissent, objection.
Roget 489:
dissent;
discordance
etc.
(disagreement)
24;
difference diversity of opinion.
nonconformity
etc.
(heterodoxy)
984;
protestantism,
recusancy,
schism;
disaffection;
secession
etc.
624;
recantation
etc.
607.
dissension
etc.
(discord)
713;
discontent
etc.
832;
cavilling.
protest;
contradiction
etc.
(denial)
536;
noncompliance
etc.
(rejection)
764.
dissentient,
dissenter;
non-juror,
non-content,
nonconformist;
sectary,
separatist,
recusant,
schismatic,
protestant,
heretic.
refusal
etc.
764.
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Roget 764:
refusal,
rejection;
noncompliance,
incompliance†;
denial;
declining
etc.
v.;
declension;
declinature†;
peremptory refusal,
flat refusal,
point blank refusal;
repulse,
rebuff;
discountenance.
recusancy,
abnegation,
protest,
disclaimer;
dissent
etc.
489;
revocation
etc.
756.
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Dutch: protest, suggestie, tegenspraak, verzet
3 protest
The act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval.
verb
1 protest
Utter words of protest.
Roget 773:
fail,
neglect,
omit,
elude,
evade,
give the go-by to,
set aside,
ignore;
shut one's eyes to,
close one's eyes to.
infringe,
transgress,
violate,
pirate,
break,
trample under foot,
do violence to,
drive a coach and six through.
discard,
protest,
repudiate,
fling to the winds,
set at naught,
nullify,
declare null and void;
cancel
etc.
(wipe off)
552.
retract,
go back from,
be off,
forfeit,
go from one's word,
palter;
stretch a point,
strain a point.
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Roget 766:
deprecate,
protest,
expostulate,
enter a protest,
intercede for;
remonstrate.
Roget 808:
not pay
etc.
807;
fail,
break,
stop payment;
become insolvent,
become bankrupt;
be gazetted.
protest,
dishonor,
repudiate,
nullify,
refuse payment.
pay under protest;
button up one's pockets,
draw the purse strings;
apply the sponge;
pay over the left shoulder,
get whitewashed;
swindle
etc.
791;
run up bills,
fly kites.
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Roget 535:
assert;
make an assertion
etc.
n.;
have one's say;
say,
affirm,
predicate,
declare,
state;
protest,
profess.
put forth,
put forward;
advance,
allege,
propose,
propound,
enunciate,
broach,
set forth,
hold out,
maintain,
contend,
pronounce,
pretend.
depose,
depone,
aver,
avow,
avouch,
asseverate,
swear;
make oath,
take one's oath;
make an affidavit,
swear an affidavit,
put in an affidavit;
take one's Bible oath,
kiss the book,
vow,
vitam impendere vero [Lat.];
swear till one is black in the face,
swear till one is blue in the face,
swear till all's blue;
be sworn,
call Heaven to witness;
vouch,
warrant,
certify,
assure,
swear by bell book and candle.
swear by
etc.
(believe)
484;
insist upon,
take one's stand upon;
emphasize,
lay stress on;
assert roundly,
assert positively;
lay down,
lay down the law;
raise one's voice,
dogmatize,
have the last word;
rap out;
repeat;
reassert,
reaffirm.
announce
etc.
(information)
527;
acknowledge
etc.
(assent)
488;
attest
etc.
(evidence)
467;
adjure
etc.
(put to one's oath)
768.
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2 protest
Express opposition through action or words.
synonyms: dissent, resist.
Roget 489:
dissent,
demur;
call in question
etc.
(doubt)
485;
differ in opinion,
disagree;
say no
etc.
536;
refuse assent,
refuse to admit;
cavil,
protest,
raise one's voice against,
repudiate;
contradict
etc.
(deny)
536.
have no notion of,
differ toto caelo [Lat.];
revolt at,
revolt from the idea.
shake the head,
shrug the shoulders;
look askance,
look askant†.
secede;
recant
etc.
607.
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Roget 764:
refuse,
reject,
deny,
decline,
turn down;
nill,
negative;
refuse one's assent,
withhold one's assent;
shake the head;
close the hand,
close the purse;
grudge,
begrudge,
be slow to,
hang fire;
pass
(at cards).
be deaf to;
dismiss,
turn a deaf ear to,
turn one's back upon;
set one's face against,
discountenance,
not hear of,
have nothing to do with,
wash one's hands of,
stand aloof,
forswear,
set aside,
cast behind one;
not yield an inch
etc.
(obstinacy)
606.
resist,
cross;
not grant
etc.
762;
repel,
repulse,
shut the door in one's face,
slam the door in one's face;
rebuff;
send back,
send to the right about,
send away with a flea in the ear;
deny oneself,
not be at home to;
discard,
spurn,
etc.
(repudiate)
610;
rescind
etc.
(revoke)
756;
disclaim,
protest;
dissent
etc.
489.
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Dutch: afwijzen, protesteren, steigeren
3 protest
Affirm or avow formally or solemnly.
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