Antonyms for protest

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : noun proh-test; verb pruh-test, proh-test

Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈproʊ tɛst; verb prəˈtɛst, ˈproʊ tɛst

Definition of protest

Origin : c.1400, "avowal, pledge, solemn declaration," from Old French protest (Modern French prôtet), from preotester, and directly from Latin protestari "declare publicly, testify, protest," from pro- "forth, before" (see pro-) + testari "testify," from testis "witness" (see testament).
Meaning "statement of disapproval" first recorded 1751; adjectival sense of "expressing of dissent from, or rejection of, prevailing mores" is from 1953, in reference to U.S. civil rights movement. First record of protest march is from 1959.

noun complaint, disapproval
verb complain, disapprove; argue against

Example sentences :

And before the trapper could make a protest he had drawn back into the horse shed.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

His heavy voice rang out rebukingly, overtoned with protest.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

When, at last, words came, they were a frantic prayer of protest.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

His love was purely selfish, for he brushed aside her protest as if she had not spoken.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

I can feel his eyes on me, and I cannot raise my voice in protest, for do not I countenance it?
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Somewhat surprised at her lack of protest--or was it resignation to the inevitable?
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

I believe that it is at the wrong time that the protest comes.
Extract from : « Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 7. » by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)

So far as they were concerned, I had no ground to stand upon in making a protest.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

If you allow of it, I protest I will go off privately with you, and we will live and die together.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

She began to protest that Bedr knew Cairo as well as Antoun did, and was as likely to be right.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

Synonyms for protest

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