n. 25B6; noun
he resigned as a protest : OBJECTION, complaint, exception, disapproval, challenge, dissent, demurral, remonstration, fuss, outcry.
women staged a protest : DEMONSTRATION, (protest) march, rally; sit-in, occupation; work-to-rule, industrial action, stoppage, strike, walkout, mutiny, picket, boycott; informal demo.
support, approval.
25B6; verb
residents protested at the plans : EXPRESS OPPOSITION, object, dissent, take issue, make/take a stand, put up a fight, kick, take exception, complain, express disapproval, disagree, demur, remonstrate, make a fuss; cry out, speak out, rail, inveigh, fulminate; informal kick up a fuss/stink.
people protested outside the cathedral : DEMONSTRATE, march, hold a rally, sit in, occupy somewhere; work to rule, take industrial action, stop work, down tools, strike, go on strike, walk out, mutiny, picket somewhere; boycott something.
he protested his innocence : INSIST ON, maintain, assert, affirm, announce, proclaim, declare, profess, contend, argue, claim, vow, swear (to), stress; formal aver, asseverate.
acquiesce, support, deny.