protestation

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She spoke clearly and solemnly without the trace of the giggling protestation which is so often incident to feminine diffidence.

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  1. noun An emphatic declaration.
  2. noun A strong or formal expression of dissent.

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  • Yet at the time we were perforce a little impatient of all this piety, protestation, and hand-pressing; for the vital thing was to ascertain what force had been stationed at the bluff, and whether it was yet withdrawn. —  Army Life in a Black Regiment
  • In the arts of pain, protestation is a part of the game; it is therefore important that a signale be established. —  Jacqueline Carey - Kushiel 02 - Kushiel's Chosen
  • "Doctor Eugène Ricklin, latter president of the Parliament of Alsace-Lorraine" as a protestation and to make Ricklin endly amnestied and wholy rehabilitated. —  Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com
  • And in spite of the Shmata Queen's protestation, I would keep it up without you But it wouldn't be the same. —  Random Thoughts- Do They Have Meaning?
  • Of course, his protestation was lost given the fact that he was sitting in front of a screen blaring the message "The Race to '08," and above a crawl that asked "Will he run for the White House?" —  donkey o.d.
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  1. from Middle English protestacioun, from Old French protestation, French protestation = Spanish protestacion = Portuguese protestação = Italian protestazione, protestagione, from Late Latin protestatio(n-), a declaration, from Latin protestari, past participle protestatus, declare in public, bear witness: see protest.
 

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/prɑtɛsˈteɪʃən/
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