Definition: the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
Usage: a good boxer needs a good defense; defense against hurricanes is an urgent problem
Similar words: protection
Definition: the activity of protecting someone or something
Usage: the witnesses demanded police protection
Definition: protection from harm
Usage: sanitation is the best defense against disease
Similar words: protection
Definition: the activity of protecting someone or something
Usage: the witnesses demanded police protection
Synonyms: defence, defense, defensive measure
Definition: (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
Usage: they died in the defense of Stalingrad; they were developed for the defense program
Similar words: action, military action
Definition: a military engagement
Usage: he saw action in Korea
Synonyms: defence, defense, demurrer, denial
Definition: a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
Usage: he gave evidence for the defense
Similar words: due process, due process of law
Definition: (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards
Synonyms: defence, defense, defensive structure
Definition: a structure used to defend against attack
Usage: the artillery battered down the defenses
Similar words: structure, construction
Definition: a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
Usage: the structure consisted of a series of arches; she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons
Synonyms: defence, defense, vindication
Definition: the justification for some act or belief
Usage: he offered a persuasive defense of the theory
Similar words: justification
Definition: a statement in explanation of some action or belief
Synonyms: refutation, defence, defense
Definition: the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
Usage: his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive; in defense he said the other man started it
Similar words: answer
Definition: the speech act of replying to a question
Synonyms: defence, defence force, defense, defense force
Definition: an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
Usage: he joined the defense against invasion
Similar words: organisation, organization
Definition: a group of people who work together
Synonyms: defence, defense, defense lawyers, defense team
Definition: the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
Usage: the defense called for a mistrial
Similar words: aggregation, accumulation, assemblage, collection
Definition: several things grouped together or considered as a whole
Synonyms: defence, defending team, defense
Definition: (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
Usage: his teams are always good on defense
Synonyms: United States Department of Defense, DoD, Defense, Defense Department, Department of Defense
Definition: the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947
Similar words: executive department
Definition: a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States
Synonyms: defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction
Definition: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
Similar words: process, unconscious process
Definition: a mental process that you are not directly aware of
Usage: the process of denial
Similar words: psychoanalytic process
Definition: a process that is assumed to occur in psychoanalytic theory