defended / (programming, of a variable, method, etc.) Having the protected access modifier, indicating that a program element is accessible to subclasses but not to the program in general.

(transitive, intransitive) To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.

present participle and gerund of protect

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of protect

The state, quality, or condition of being protective.

Able to be protected

plural of protective

(chiefly medicine) Something which gives protection.

Synonym of protective

plural of protectant