The word protection refers to anything that helps ward off some threat; the preservation from injury or harm; money paid for a guarantee against threatened violence.

Protection may also refer to:

• Protection (album), a 1994 album by Massive Attack
• Protection (climbing), a climber's basic safety mechanisms
• Protection (poker), type of bet made to strengthen vulnerable hands
• Personal protective equipment, to shield the body from hazards
• Power system protection, of electric systems against faults
• Protection mechanism an aspect of computer architecture
• A condom (slang)
• A promised benefit from a protection racket, an extortion scheme
• Life insurance
• Base isolation, Earthquake protection
• Protection, Kansas, a small town in the United States

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