protestation
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French protestacion, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin protestatio.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
protestation (countable and uncountable, plural protestations)
- a formal solemn objection or other declaration
- Latimer
- The protestation of our faith.
- Latimer
- (law, historical) A declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, protesting that it does or does not exist, and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or denial.
Related terms
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prōtestātiō, prōtestātiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
protestation f (plural protestations)
References
- “protestation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- Rhymes:English/eɪʃən
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Law
- English terms with historical senses
- French terms borrowed from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French 4-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French feminine nouns