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The definition of defence
10 Definitions of: defence
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- noun, resistance against danger, attack, or harm; protection
- noun, a person or thing that provides such resistance
- noun, a plea, essay, speech, etc, in support of something; vindication; justification
- noun, a) a country's military measures or resources b) (as modifier)
- noun, law a defendant's denial of the truth of the allegations or charge against him
- noun, law the defendant and his legal advisers collectively. Compare prosecution
- noun, sport a) the action of protecting oneself, one's goal, or one's allotted part of the playing area against an opponent's attacks b) the method of doing this c) the players in a team whose function is to do this
- noun, American football a) the team that does not have possession of the ball b) the members of a team that play in such circumstances
- noun, psychoanal. See defence mechanism
- noun, fortifications
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| Synonyms: | refuge, security, case, denial, protection, cover, guard, shelter, resistance, safeguard | And more... |
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