Antonyms for protocol

Grammar : Noun

Spell : proh-tuh-kawl, -kol, -kohl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈproʊ təˌkɔl, -ˌkɒl, -ˌkoʊl

Definition of protocol

Origin : 1540s, as prothogall "draft of a document," from Middle French prothocole (c.1200, Modern French protocole), from Medieval Latin protocollum "draft," literally "the first sheet of a volume" (on which contents and errata were written), from Greek protokollon "first sheet glued onto a manuscript," from protos "first" (see proto-) + kolla "glue."
Sense developed in Medieval Latin and French from "official account" to "official record of a transaction," to "diplomatic document," and finally, in French, to "formula of diplomatic etiquette." Meaning "diplomatic rules of etiquette" in English first recorded 1896, from French; general sense of "conventional proper conduct" is from 1952. "Protocols of the (Learned) Elders of Zion," Russian anti-Semitic forgery purporting to reveal Jewish plan for world domination, first published in English 1920 under title "The Jewish Peril."

noun rules of conduct, behavior in certain situation

Example sentences :

Then I prepared the protocol of the confession of Pouzikoff's wife.
Extract from : « Beasts, Men and Gods » by Ferdinand Ossendowski

There has been a question of such a Protocol, but great difficulties have arisen.
Extract from : « The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) » by Charles C. F. Greville

The protocol was converted into a treaty by the adhesion of Belgium on November 15.
Extract from : « The Political History of England - Vol XI » by George Brodrick

Dropped that of the other's as soon as protocol would permit.
Extract from : « Summit » by Dallas McCord Reynolds

If the protocol was to be of any use the time for acting upon it had arrived.
Extract from : « A History of England, Period III. » by Rev. J. Franck Bright

It was embodied in a protocol, and was presented to the Porte.
Extract from : « The Turkish Empire, its Growth and Decay » by Lord Eversley

In faith of which the said Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Protocol.
Extract from : « The British Expedition to the Crimea » by William Howard Russell

The protocol (minutes) of the previous conferences is handed to Talleyrand.
Extract from : « Talleyrand » by Joseph McCabe

Protocol's man had special orders, and would not abate a jot.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 69, No. 424, February 1851 » by Various

A protocol is to be kept of all the discussions and the voting.
Extract from : « International Law. A Treatise. Volume I (of 2) » by Lassa Francis Oppenheim

Synonyms for protocol

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