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English Dictionary: defense |
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3 results for defense |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- defense
- n
- (military) military action or resources protecting a
country against potential enemies; "they died in the defense of Stalingrad"; "they were developed for the defense program"
Synonym(s): defense, defence, defensive measure
- protection from harm; "sanitation is the best defense against disease"
Synonym(s): defense, defence
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring; "his teams are always good on defense"
Synonym(s): defense, defence, defending team Antonym(s): offence, offense
- the justification for some act or belief; "he offered a persuasive defense of the theory"
Synonym(s): defense, defence, vindication
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
Synonym(s): defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence
- the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947
Synonym(s): Department of Defense, Defense Department, United States Department of Defense, Defense, DoD
- the defendant and his legal advisors collectively; "the defense called for a mistrial"
Synonym(s): defense, defence, defense team, defense lawyers Antonym(s): prosecution
- 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"
Synonym(s): refutation, defense, defence
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack; "he joined the defense against invasion"
Synonym(s): defense, defence, defense force, defence force
- a structure used to defend against attack; "the artillery battered down the defenses"
Synonym(s): defensive structure, defense, defence
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense"
Synonym(s): defense, defence, denial, demurrer Antonym(s): criminal prosecution, prosecution
- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury; "a good boxer needs a good defense"; "defense against hurricanes is an urgent problem"
Synonym(s): defense, defence
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Defense \De*fense"\, Defence \De*fence"\, n. [F. d[82]fense, OF.
defense, fem., defens, masc., fr. L. defensa (cf. LL.
defensum), from defendere. See {Defend}, and cf. {Fence}.]
1. The act of defending, or the state of being defended;
protection, as from violence or danger.
In cases of defense 't is best to weigh The enemy
more mighty than he seems. --Shak.
2. That which defends or protects; anything employed to
oppose attack, ward off violence or danger, or maintain
security; a guard; a protection.
War would arise in defense of the right. --Tennyson.
God, the widow's champion and defense. --Shak.
3. Protecting plea; vindication; justification.
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defense.
--Acts xxii.
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4. (Law) The defendant's answer or plea; an opposing or
denial of the truth or validity of the plaintiff's or
prosecutor's case; the method of proceeding adopted by the
defendant to protect himself against the plaintiff's
action.
5. Act or skill in making defense; defensive plan or policy;
practice in self defense, as in fencing, boxing, etc.
A man of great defense. --Spenser.
By how much defense is better than no skill. --Shak.
6. Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance. [Obs.]
Severe defenses . . . against wearing any linen
under a certain breadth. --Sir W.
Temple.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Defense \De*fense"\, v. t.
To furnish with defenses; to fortify. [Obs.] [Written also
{defence}.]
Better manned and more strongly defensed. --Hales.
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