protestation
proh te stay shuhn
- n a formal and solemn declaration of objection
the many protestations did not stay the execution - n a strong declaration of protest
- Every present protestation by Miss Strong of her continued devotion to the Kremlin only underlines .
- It was not merely a protestation by Russia that she no longer distrusted the Western nations; it was also a protestation that they no longer had to distrust her.
- The more he uttered disappointment, the more fraught it sounded, until it was delivered not just with his signature shoulder-hunching emphasis but with a kind of protestation that .