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Definition of Protest

Protest To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow. To make a solemn declaration (often a written one) expressive of opposition; -- with against; as, he protest against your votes. To make a solemn declaration or affirmation of; to proclaim; to display; as, to protest one's loyalty. To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to. A solemn declaration of opinion, commonly a formal objection against some act; especially, a formal and solemn declaration, in writing, of dissent from the proceedings of a legislative body; as, the protest of lords in Parliament. A solemn declaration in writing, in due form, made by a notary public, usually under his notarial seal, on behalf of the holder of a bill or note, protesting against all parties liable for any loss or damage by the nonacceptance or nonpayment of the bill, or by the nonpayment of the note, as the case may be. A declaration made by the master of a vessel before a notary, consul, or other authorized officer, upon his arrival in port after a disaster, stating the particulars of it, and showing that any damage or loss sustained was not owing to the fault of the vessel, her officers or crew, but to the perils of the sea, etc., ads the case may be, and protesting against them. A declaration made by a party, before or while paying a tax, duty, or the like, demanded of him, which he deems illegal, denying the justice of the demand, and asserting his rights and claims, in order to show that the payment was not voluntary. Related Definitions: Act, Affirm, Affirmation, Affirming, After, Against, All, An, And, Any, Appeal, Arrival, As, Asserting, Authorized, Avow, Be, Bear, Before, Behalf, Body, But, By, Bill, Call, Case, Commonly, Consul, Crew, Damage, Declaration, Declare, Demand, Demanded, Denying, Disaster, Display, Dissent, Due, Duty, Especially, Expressive, Fault, For, Form, Formal, From, He, Her, Him, His, Holder, Illegal, In, It, Justice, Legislative, Liable, Like, Loss, Loyalty, Made, Make, Manner, Master, May, Nonacceptance, Nonpayment, Not, Notarial, Notary, Note, Objection, Of, Officer, Often, On, One, Opinion, Opposition, Or, Order, Other, Owing, Parliament, Parties, Party, Paying, Payment, Port, Proclaim, Protest, Protesting, Prove, Public, Sea, Seal, Show, Showing, Solemn, Solemnly, Some, Stating, Sustained, Tax, That, The, Them, To, Under, Upon, Vessel, Voluntary, Was, Which, While, With, Witness, Writing, Written, Your

Protest Quotations The lady doth protest too much, methinks. William Shakespeare To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. Abraham Lincoln I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and would up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer. Thomas Huxley Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life? Aldous Huxley I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason. Elie Wiesel

Protest Translations protest in Afrikaans is protesteer, beswaar, protes protest in Danish is protestere protest in Dutch is betwisten, bestrijden protest in French is protestation, protestent, contestation, protestez protest in German is Einspruch protest in Italian is eccezione, protesta protest in Portuguese is protesto protest in Spanish is protestar, objecion, protesta protest in Swedish is protestera

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