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Defenition of the word defense

    • Defenition of the word defense

      • protection from harm; "sanitation is the best defense against disease"
      • an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack; "he joined the defense against invasion"
      • the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring; "his teams are always good on defense"
      • the defendant and his legal advisors collectively; "the defense called for a mistrial"
      • military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies; "they died in the defense of Stalingrad"; "they were developed for the defense program"
      • a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense"
      • the justification for some act or belief; "he offered a persuasive defense of the theory"
      • an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
      • a structure used for defense; "the artillery battered down the defenses"
      • the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security; created in 1947
      • the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions; "his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"; "in defense he said the other man started it"
      • a defendant''s answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense"
      • (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring; "his teams are always good on defense"
      • the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the UnitedStates; created in 1947
      • (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
      • the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
      • protection from harm
      • (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
      • a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
      • a structure used to defend against attack
      • the justification for some act or belief
      • the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
      • an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
      • the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
      • (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
      • the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947

    Synonyms for the word defense

      • apology
      • argument
      • cover
      • defence
      • defence mechanism
      • defence reaction
      • defending team
      • Defense
      • Defense Department
      • defense lawyers
      • defense mechanism
      • defense reaction
      • defense team
      • defensive measure
      • defensive structure
      • demurrer
      • denial
      • Department of Defense
      • DoD
      • excuse
      • guard
      • justification
      • plea
      • protection
      • refutation
      • resistance
      • security
      • vindication

    Similar words in the defense

      • defense
      • defense's
      • defensed
      • defenseless
      • defenses

    Meronymys for the word defense

      • trial

    Hyponyms for the word defense

      • air defense
      • alibi
      • apologia
      • apology
      • bastion
      • biodefence
      • biodefense
      • biological defence
      • biological defense
      • biological warfare defence
      • biological warfare defense
      • BW defence
      • BW defense
      • chemical defence
      • chemical defense
      • cheval-de-frise
      • chevaux-de-frise
      • compensation
      • confutation
      • conversion
      • deliberate defence
      • deliberate defense
      • denial
      • displacement
      • entrapment
      • exculpation
      • excuse
      • fastness
      • fort
      • fortification
      • fortress
      • hasty defence
      • hasty defense
      • idealisation
      • idealization
      • intellectualisation
      • intellectualization
      • isolation
      • line of defence
      • line of defense
      • minelaying
      • mining
      • munition
      • outwork
      • projection
      • rationalisation
      • rationalization
      • reaction formation
      • rebuttal
      • regression
      • repression
      • self-justification
      • stand
      • stronghold
      • umbrella

    Hypernyms for the word defense

      • accumulation
      • action
      • aggregation
      • answer
      • assemblage
      • collection
      • construction
      • due process
      • due process of law
      • executive department
      • guarding
      • justification
      • military action
      • organisation
      • organization
      • process
      • protecting
      • protection
      • psychoanalytic process
      • squad
      • structure
      • team
      • unconscious process

    Antonyms for the word defense

      • criminal prosecution
      • offence
      • offense
      • prosecution

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