protestation

From Old French protestacion, from Latin protestatio.

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

protestation (countable and uncountable, plural protestations)

1. a formal solemn objection or other declaration
   • Latimer

     The protestation of our faith.

2. (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.

• protest

• potentiators

Borrowed from Latin prōtestātiō, prōtestātiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/

• protestation

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protestation f (plural protestations)

1. admission, exclamation, statement
2. protest, objection

• “protestation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).