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Definitions for Defense

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  • (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies

  • The act of defending someone or something against attack or injury

  • A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him

  • Protection from harm

  • A structure used to defend against attack

  • The justification for some act or belief

  • The speech act of answering an attack on your assertions

  • The defendant and his legal advisors collectively

  • (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring

  • The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947

  • An organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack

  • (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

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