protestation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a formal and solemn declaration of objection
    protest.
    • they finished the game under protest to the league president
    • the senator rose to register his protest
    • the many protestations did not stay the execution
  2. noun a strong declaration of protest

WordNet

Prot`es*ta"tion noun
Etymology
L. protestatio: cf. F. protestation. See Protest.
Definitions
  1. The act of making a protest; a public avowal; a solemn declaration, especially of dissent. " The protestation of our faith." Latimer.
  2. (Law) Formerly, 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.

Webster 1913