protestation (n.)

• affirmation
• alibi
• allegation
• announcement
• annunciation
• apology
• assertion
• asseveration
• averment
• avouchment
• avowal
• beef
• bitch
• blind
• boycott
• challenge
• cloak
• color
• complaint
• compunction
• conclusion
• cover
• cover-up
• creed
• declaration
• demonstration
• demur
• demurrer
• device
• dictum
• enunciation
• exception
• excuse
• expostulation
• facade
• feint
• front
• gloss
• grievance
• guise
• handle
• howl
• kick
• manifesto
• march
• mask
• objection
• position
• predicate
• predication
• pretense
• pretension
• pretext
• proclamation
• profession
• pronouncement
• proposition
• protest
• qualm
• rally
• refuge
• remonstrance
• remonstration
• say
• say-so
• saying
• screen
• scruple
• semblance
• sham
• show
• sit-in
• squawk
• stalking-horse
• stance
• stand
• statement
• stratagem
• strike
• subterfuge
• teach-in
• trick
• utterance
• varnish
• veil
• word