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Meaning of defense
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
defense
n 1: (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" [syn: {defense}, {defence}, {defensive
measure}]
2: protection from harm; "sanitation is the best defense against
disease" [syn: {defense}, {defence}]
3: (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team
from scoring; "his teams are always good on defense" [syn:
{defense}, {defence}, {defending team}] [ant: {offence},
{offense}]
4: the justification for some act or belief; "he offered a
persuasive defense of the theory" [syn: {defense}, {defence},
{vindication}]
5: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the
anxiety associated with instinctive desires [syn: {defense
mechanism}, {defense reaction}, {defence mechanism}, {defence
reaction}, {defense}, {defence}]
6: the federal department responsible for safeguarding national
security of the United States; created in 1947 [syn:
{Department of Defense}, {Defense Department}, {United States
Department of Defense}, {Defense}, {DoD}]
7: the defendant and his legal advisors collectively; "the
defense called for a mistrial" [syn: {defense}, {defence},
{defense team}, {defense lawyers}] [ant: {prosecution}]
8: 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},
{defense}, {defence}]
9: an organization of defenders that provides resistance against
attack; "he joined the defense against invasion" [syn:
{defense}, {defence}, {defense force}, {defence force}]
10: a structure used to defend against attack; "the artillery
battered down the defenses" [syn: {defensive structure},
{defense}, {defence}]
11: a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the
charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense"
[syn: {defense}, {defence}, {denial}, {demurrer}] [ant:
{criminal prosecution}, {prosecution}]
12: 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" [syn: {defense},
{defence}]
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