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The quality or state of being protective.

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  1. n. The quality or state of being protective.
  2. n. a feeling of protective affection
  3. n. the quality of providing protection
  4. The quality or state of being protective. W. Pater.
  5. n:100 n. a feeling of protective affection n. the quality of providing protection