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# protestation

«protestation» in Mova's school dictionary: **a strong, often over-eager statement that something is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (protestations)

### meaning for a pupil

A protestation is a strong, often over-eager statement that something is true, or a loud objection to something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/protestation/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales, a solemn or noisy promise or denial made before an argument is settled: «many protestations and reproaches»

### examples

- He made many protestations of innocence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/protestation/#x1)
- Despite all her protestations, nobody believed her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/protestation/#x2)
- The guard heard the stranger's protestations and shook his head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/protestation/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «protestation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/protestation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.