The process of keeping (something or someone) safe. / The state of being safe. / A means of keeping or remaining safe.

Of or relating to protection.

plural of protection

plural of protectant

plural of protective

Synonym of protectable

Obsolete spelling of protector

plural of protecter

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.

simple past tense and past participle of protect