Protection /(?)/

Pro·tec·tion

Protection

n.
  1. The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection.
    To your protection I commend me, gods.
  2. That which protects or preserves from injury; a defense; a shield; a refuge.
    Let them rise up . . . and be your protection.
    — Deut. xxxii. 38.
  3. A writing that protects or secures from molestation or arrest; a pass; a safe-conduct; a passport.
    He . . . gave them protections under his hand.
  4. A theory, or a policy, of protecting the producers in a country from foreign competition in the home market by the imposition of such discriminating duties on goods of foreign production as will restrict or prevent their importation; -- opposed to free trade. (Polit. Econ.)

Phrases & Compounds
Writ of protection
A writ by which the king formerly exempted a person from arrest; -- now disused