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What does protestation mean?

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Noun
  1. a formal solemn objection or other declaration
  2. (law, historical) A declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, protesting that it does or does not exist, and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or denial.
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As the chief trader and the Ojibway quitted the watchtower, Maskwa spoke in a voice of protestation.
I smiled, and my eyes must have told her more than any protestation could.
And she had asked herself sundry questions as to that protestation.
Instantly there was a howl of protestation from the crowd back of first base.
For another, it is obvious that much of the protestation is just token outrage, going through the motions to validate the charter of certain organisations.
The mate sprang into the fore-rigging with an oath of protestation.

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