Definition of "protest" []

• To object to, especially in a formal statement. See Synonyms at object. (verb-transitive)
• To promise or affirm with earnest solemnity: "He continually protested his profound respect” ( Frank Norris). (verb-transitive)
• Law To declare (a bill) dishonored or refused. (verb-transitive)
• Archaic To proclaim or make known: "unrough youths that even now/Protest their first of manhood” ( Shakespeare). (verb-transitive)
• To express strong objection. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "He responded to an anti-war protest at his school by putting up anti - ­protest posters that attacked the demonstrators and defended U.S. ­policy in Vietnam."
• "If Panetta resigns in protest from the CIA, he could start telling the American people what an investigative witch-hunt would do to the ability of the intelligence services to defend this country."
• "As Bush read his statement, an estimated 1,000 people marched in protest from the Lower 9th Ward to Congo Square on the outskirts of the French Quarter."