protestation

American  

[prot-uh-stey-shuhn, proh-tuh-, -te-] / ˌprɒt əˈsteɪ ʃən, ˌproʊ tə-, -tɛ- /

noun

1. the act of protesting or affirming.

2. a solemn or earnest declaration or affirmation.

3. formal expression or declaration of objection, dissent, or disapproval; protest.

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protestation British  

/ ˌprəʊtɛsˈteɪʃən /

noun

1. the act of protesting

2. something protested about

3. a strong declaration

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Other Word Forms

• nonprotestation
  noun

Etymology

Origin of protestation

1300–50; Middle English protestacio ( u ) n < Late Latin prōtestātiōn- (stem of prōtestātiō ) declaration. See protest, -ation

Example Sentences

He was one of the chief movers of the Protestation of the 3rd of May 1641, which he carried up to the Lords, urging them to give it their approval.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

The Protestation of the Earls of Huntly and Argyll, 1568, Goodall's Examination, vol. ii. pp. 316-321, from Cott.

From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various

This sincere Protestation, is all that I can do, In order to remove any Suspicion of Interpolations.

From The Amours of Zeokinizul, King of the Kofirans Translated from the Arabic of the famous Traveller Krinelbol by Crébillon, Claude Prosper Jolyot de

He concluded his Letter with Assurances of his Friendship, and a Protestation that he would do what he could to serve me.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume IV Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

The "Protestation" accepted by the City, May, 1641.

From London and the Kingdom - Volume II by Sharpe, Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson)