n. 25B6; noun
his protestations of innocence : DECLARATION, announcement, profession, assertion, insistence, claim, affirmation, assurance, oath, vow; rare aver, asseveration.
we helped him despite his protestations : OBJECTION, protest, exception, complaint, disapproval, opposition, challenge, dissent, demurral, remonstration, fuss, outcry; informal stink.
denial, acquiescence, support.