Defence vs. Defend
Defencenoun
The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.
Defencenoun
Something used to oppose attacks.
Defencenoun
An argument in support or justification of something.
Defencenoun
A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
Defencenoun
The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
Defencenoun
Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
Defencenoun
(obsolete) Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
Defenceverb
To furnish with defences; to fortify.
Defencenoun
See Defense.
Defencenoun
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
Defencenoun
(sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring;
Defencenoun
the defendant and his legal advisors collectively;
Defencenoun
an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack;
Defencenoun
the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions;
Defencenoun
the justification for some act or belief;
Defencenoun
a structure used for defense;
Defencenoun
a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him;
Defencenoun
military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies;
Defencenoun
protection from harm;
Defendverb
(transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
Defendverb
(transitive) To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
Defendverb
To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
Defendverb
(sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.
Defendverb
(sports) To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did in the previous edition of that competition.
Defendverb
(poker slang) To call a raise from the big blind.
Defendverb
To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
Defendverb
To prevent, to keep (from doing something).
Defendverb
To prohibit, forbid.
Defendverb
To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.
Defendverb
To prohibit; to forbid.
Defendverb
To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend a town; to defend a cause; to defend character; to defend the absent; - sometimes followed by from or against; as, to defend one's self from, or against, one's enemies.
Defendverb
To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit.
Defendverb
argue or speak in defense of;
Defendverb
be on the defensive; act against an attack
Defendverb
protect against a challenge or attack;
Defendverb
fight against or resist strongly;
Defendverb
protect or fight for as a champion
Defendverb
be the defense counsel for someone in a trial;
Defendverb
state or assert;
