Noun

• S: (n) defense (defense%1:04:00::), defence (defence%1:04:00::), defensive measure (defensive_measure%1:04:00::) ((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"
• S: (n) defense (defense%1:04:03::), defence (defence%1:04:03::) (protection from harm) "sanitation is the best defense against disease"
• S: (n) defense (defense%1:14:01::), defence (defence%1:14:01::), defending team (defending_team%1:14:00::) ((sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring) "his teams are always good on defense"
• S: (n) defense (defense%1:10:00::), defence (defence%1:10:00::), vindication (vindication%1:10:00::) (the justification for some act or belief) "he offered a persuasive defense of the theory"
• S: (n) defense mechanism (defense_mechanism%1:22:00::), defense reaction (defense_reaction%1:22:00::), defence mechanism (defence_mechanism%1:22:00::), defence reaction (defence_reaction%1:22:00::), defense (defense%1:22:00::), defence (defence%1:22:00::) ((psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires)
• S: (n) Department of Defense (department_of_defense%1:14:00::), Defense Department (defense_department%1:14:00::), United States Department of Defense (united_states_department_of_defense%1:14:00::), Defense (defense%1:14:02::), DoD (dod%1:14:00::) (the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947)
• S: (n) defense (defense%1:14:00::), defence (defence%1:14:00::), defense team (defense_team%1:14:00::), defense lawyers (defense_lawyers%1:14:00::) (the defendant and his legal advisors collectively) "the defense called for a mistrial"
• S: (n) refutation (refutation%1:10:00::), defense (defense%1:10:01::), defence (defence%1:10:01::) (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"
• S: (n) defense (defense%1:14:03::), defence (defence%1:14:03::), defense force (defense_force%1:14:00::), defence force (defence_force%1:14:00::) (an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack) "he joined the defense against invasion"
• S: (n) defensive structure (defensive_structure%1:06:00::), defense (defense%1:06:00::), defence (defence%1:06:00::) (a structure used to defend against attack) "the artillery battered down the defenses"
• S: (n) defense (defense%1:04:02::), defence (defence%1:04:02::), denial (denial%1:04:00::), demurrer (demurrer%1:04:00::) (a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him) "he gave evidence for the defense"
• S: (n) defense (defense%1:04:01::), defence (defence%1:04:01::) (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"