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 Definitions for Defense: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Defense \De*fense"\, Defence \De*fence"\, n. [F. d['e]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.
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In cases of defense 't is best to weigh
The enemy more mighty than he seems. --Shak.
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2. That which defends or protects; anything employed to
oppose attack, ward off violence or danger, or maintain
security; a guard; a protection.
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War would arise in defense of the right. --Tennyson.
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God, the widow's champion and defense. --Shak.
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3. Protecting plea; vindication; justification.
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Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defense.
--Acts xxii.
1.
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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.
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5. Act or skill in making defense; defensive plan or policy;
practice in self defense, as in fencing, boxing, etc.
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A man of great defense. --Spenser.
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By how much defense is better than no skill. --Shak.
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6. Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance. [Obs.]
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Severe defenses . . . against wearing any linen
under a certain breadth. --Sir W.
Temple.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Defense \De*fense"\, v. t.
To furnish with defenses; to fortify. [Obs.] [Written also
defence.]
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Better manned and more strongly defensed. --Hales.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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defense
n 1: (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team
from scoring; "his teams are always good on defense"
[syn: defence, defending team] [ant: offense, offense]
2: military action or resources protecting a country against
potential enemies; "they died in the defense of
Stalingrad"; "they were developed for the defense program"
[syn: defence, defensive measure]
3: the defendant and his legal advisors collectively; "the
defense called for a mistrial" [syn: defence, {defense
team}, defense lawyers] [ant: prosecution]
4: protection from harm; "sanitation is the best defense
against disease" [syn: defence]
5: a structure used for defense; "the artillery battered down
the defenses" [syn: defensive structure, defence]
6: 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" [syn: refutation,
defence]
7: the justification for some act or belief; "he offered a
persuasive defense of the theory" [syn: defence, vindication]
8: a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the
charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense"
[syn: defence, denial, demurrer] [ant: prosecution]
9: an organization of defenders that provides resistance
against attack; "he joined the defense against invasion"
[syn: defence, defense force, defence force]
10: the federal department responsible for safeguarding national
security of the UnitedStates; created in 1947 [syn: {Department
of Defense}, Defense Department, {United States
Department of Defense}, DoD]
11: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the
anxiety associated with instinctive desires [syn: {defense
mechanism}, defense reaction, defence mechanism, {defence
reaction}, defence]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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152 Moby Thesaurus words for "defense":
aegis, answer, apologetic, apologetics, apologia, apology,
arch dam, argument, argumentation, armament, armor, arms, backfire,
backstop, bamboo curtain, bank, bar, barrage, barrier,
bear-trap dam, beaver dam, bicker, bickering, boom, breakwater,
breastwork, brick wall, buffer, bulkhead, bulwark, casuistry,
cofferdam, comeback, confutation, contention, contraremonstrance,
controversy, counteraccusation, counterattack, counterblast,
counterblow, countercharge, counterclaim, counterfire,
counterinsurgency, countermeasure, counterreply, counterrevolution,
counterstatement, counterstep, counterstroke, cover, dam, demurrer,
denial, dike, disputation, dispute, ditch, earthwork, embankment,
exception, exculpation, excuse, explanation, eye, fastness, fence,
flyting, fort, fortress, gate, gravity dam, groin, guard, hassle,
hubbub, hydraulic-fill dam, iron curtain, jam, jetty,
justification, leaping weir, lee, levee, litigation, logjam,
logomachy, milldam, moat, mole, mound, munitions, objection,
paper war, parapet, passage of arms, plea, pleading, pleadings,
polemic, polemics, portcullis, preservation, protection,
protective custody, rampart, rationalization, rebuttal, rebutter,
refuge, refutation, rejoinder, replication, reply, response,
retort, return, rhubarb, riposte, roadblock, rock-fill dam,
safeguard, safekeeping, safety, seawall, security, set-to, shade,
shadow, shelter, shield, shutter dam, special demurrer,
special pleading, statement of defense, stone wall, stronghold,
surrebuttal, surrebutter, surrejoinder, verbal engagement, wall,
war of words, ward, watchful eye, weaponry, weapons, weir,
wicket dam, work, wrangling
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