Word Network: protection

To keep someone or something safe from harm, injury, or danger. In a family context, it often refers to the way parents or older relatives look after children to ensure they are not hurt.

The condition of being protected from or unlikely to cause danger, risk, or injury. It refers to a state of being secure from harm or other non-desirable outcomes, and can also describe the measures taken to achieve this state.

Security refers to the state of being free from danger, threat, or fear, encompassing physical safety as well as financial and psychological stability. In academic and legal contexts, it often denotes protection against intentional harm, such as espionage or crime, or refers to tradable financial assets like stocks and bonds.

A shield is a large piece of metal or wood used by soldiers to protect their bodies from weapons. In a general sense, it is anything that protects you from danger, pain, or damage.