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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"
    Synonyms :defence defending_team 
    See Also: squad  athletics  defend  offence 
 
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"
    Synonyms :defence defensive_measure 
    See Also: action  armed_forces  umbrella  air_defense  stand  hasty_defence  deliberate_defence  biodefence  chemical_defence  minelaying  biological_warfare_defence 
 
3)the defendant and his legal advisors collectively; "the defense called for a mistrial"
    Synonyms :defence defense_lawyers defense_team 
    See Also: accumulation  defend  prosecution 
 
4)protection from harm; "sanitation is the best defense against disease"
    Synonyms :defence 
    See Also: protection 
 
5)a structure used for defense; "the artillery battered down the defenses"
    Synonyms :defence defensive_structure 
    See Also: construction  cheval-de-frise  fortification  fort  line_of_defence  outwork  fastness 
 
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"
    Synonyms :defence refutation 
    See Also: answer  rebut  confutation  rebuttal 
 
7)the justification for some act or belief; "he offered a persuasive defense of the theory"
    Synonyms :defence vindication 
    See Also: justification  vindicate  justify  defend  apologia  alibi  alibi 
 
8)a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense"
    Synonyms :defence demurrer denial 
    See Also: due_process  trial  jurisprudence  deny  criminal_prosecution  entrapment 
 
9)an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack; "he joined the defense against invasion"
    Synonyms :defence defence_force defense_force 
    See Also: organisation  defend  bastion 
 
10)the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the UnitedStates; created in 1947
    Synonyms :defense_department department_of_defense dod united_states_department_of_defense 
    See Also: executive_department  darpa  department_of_defense_laboratory_system  united_states_navy  u._s._air_force  defense_intelligence_agency  defense_logistics_agency  defense_technical_information_center  national_reconnaissance_office  national_security_agency  u._s._army  ballistic_missile_defense_organization  defense_information_systems_agency  national_imagery_and_mapping_agency  casualty_care_research_center 
 
11)(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
    Synonyms :defence defence_mechanism defence_reaction defense_mechanism defense_reaction 
    See Also: psychoanalytic_process  process  psychiatry  compensation  conversion  denial  displacement  idealisation  intellectualisation  isolation  projection  rationalisation  reaction_formation  regression  repression 
 



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