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protection - a) the act or an instance of protecting; b) the state of being protected; defence.
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the act or an instance of putting out of sight; a hiding; concealment.
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a room or building where criminals and persons under trial are confined; a jail; a prison.
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a room or group of rooms below the ground level and usu. under a building; a cellar.
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a hole or a tunnel dug in the ground.
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a depression in the ground where drainage water is collected and stagnated.
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a stone wall enclosing something; a rampart.
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a long, hollow wooden piece to hide a sword or dagger.
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anything that is hidden.
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(Jain.) a restraining of thought, speech or bodily desires.
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ಗುಪ್ತಿಯವನು guptiyavanu a man holding a sword hidden in a wooden sheath (as a soldier, policeman or royal servant).