Defence

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  • noun & verb . undefined
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. etc. See defense, etc.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • See defense.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The action of protecting from attack.
  • noun. Something used to oppose attack.
  • noun. An argument in support or justification of something.
  • verb. To furnish with defences; to fortify.
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  • noun. an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
  • noun. (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
  • noun. protection from harm
  • noun. a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
  • noun. (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
  • noun. the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
  • noun. (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
  • noun. a structure used to defend against attack
  • noun. the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
  • noun. the justification for some act or belief
  • noun. the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    accumulation  aggregation  assemblage  collection  protection  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Spence  cents  commence  commonsense  condense  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    adjective  administration  advantage  affair  agent  
    variant
    defense  
    verb-form
    defenced  defences  
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