Defense vs. Defend
Defensenoun
The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
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Anything employed to oppose attack(s).
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A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
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The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
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An argument in support or justification of something.
Defensenoun
Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
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(obsolete) A prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
Defensenoun
The act of defending, or the state of being defended; protection, as from violence or danger.
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That which defends or protects; anything employed to oppose attack, ward off violence or danger, or maintain security; a guard; a protection.
Defensenoun
Protecting plea; vindication; justification.
Defensenoun
The defendant's answer or plea; an opposing or denial of the truth or validity of the plaintiff's or prosecutor's case; the method of proceeding adopted by the defendant to protect himself against the plaintiff's action.
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Act or skill in making defense; defensive plan or policy; practice in self defense, as in fencing, boxing, etc.
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Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
Defenseverb
To furnish with defenses; to fortify.
Defensenoun
(sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring;
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military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies;
Defensenoun
the defendant and his legal advisors collectively;
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protection from harm;
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a structure used for defense;
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the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions;
Defensenoun
the justification for some act or belief;
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a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him;
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an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack;
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the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the UnitedStates; created in 1947
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(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
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.
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To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
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To prevent, to keep (from doing something).
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To prohibit, forbid.
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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
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protect against a challenge or attack;
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fight against or resist strongly;
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protect or fight for as a champion
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be the defense counsel for someone in a trial;
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state or assert;
