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▸ noun: protection from harm
▸ noun: military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
▸ noun: a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
▸ noun: the justification for some act or belief
▸ noun: an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
▸ noun: the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
▸ noun: (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
▸ noun: a structure used for defense
▸ noun: the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
▸ noun: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
▸ Also see defences
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▸ noun: protection from harm
▸ noun: military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
▸ noun: a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
▸ noun: the justification for some act or belief
▸ noun: an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
▸ noun: the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
▸ noun: (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
▸ noun: a structure used for defense
▸ noun: the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
▸ noun: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
▸ Also see defences
▸ Words similar to defence
▸ Usage examples for defence
▸ Idioms related to defence (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing defence
▸ Words that often appear near defence
▸ Rhymes of defence
▸ Invented words related to defence