The word protection, which generally means anything that helps to ward off some threat, has several jargon uses:

• Civil protection, or Civil defense, is a function of civil society concerning the life, health, property and environment of citizens
• Environmental protection, a political movement directed towards the preservation, restoration, or enhancement of the natural environment
• Contraception (euphemism)
• Protection (climbing), a climber's basic safety mechanism
• Protection racket, an extortion scheme
• Protectionism, in international trade, the institution of tarrifs and regulations on imports in order to protect domestic industry
• Protective clothing, clothing that shields the body from hazards
• Protectorate, in politics, a form of guardianship, the relationship between a strong power (the protector) and a weaker one, which either simply enjoys the benefit of help when needed, or is obliged to accept, which historically often amounted to de facto colonization
• Ingress protection rating (IP), protection ranking of electronic equipment against objects or liquid
• Power system protection, in power engineering, the protection of electric systems against faults
• Protection (album), a 1994 album by Massive Attack
• The Intercession (The Protection of the Theotokos), a feast day in the Eastern Orthodox Church