Defense vs. Defensive
Defensenoun
The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
Defensenoun
Anything employed to oppose attack(s).
Defensenoun
A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
Defensenoun
The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
Defensenoun
An argument in support or justification of something.
Defensenoun
Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
Defensenoun
(obsolete) A prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
Defensenoun
The act of defending, or the state of being defended; protection, as from violence or danger.
Defensenoun
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.
Defensenoun
Act or skill in making defense; defensive plan or policy; practice in self defense, as in fencing, boxing, etc.
Defensenoun
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;
Defensenoun
military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies;
Defensenoun
the defendant and his legal advisors collectively;
Defensenoun
protection from harm;
Defensenoun
a structure used for defense;
Defensenoun
the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions;
Defensenoun
the justification for some act or belief;
Defensenoun
a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him;
Defensenoun
an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack;
Defensenoun
the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the UnitedStates; created in 1947
Defensenoun
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
Defensiveadjective
Intended for defence; protective.
Defensiveadjective
Intended to deter attack.
Defensiveadjective
Performed so as to minimise risk.
Defensiveadjective
Displaying an inordinate sensitivity to criticism or intrusion.
Defensiveadjective
(cricket) Of a bowling or fielding tactic designed to prevent the other side from scoring runs; of a batting tactic designed to prevent being out.
Defensiveadjective
Pertaining to defense, as opposed to attack.
Defensiveadjective
In a state or posture of defense.
Defensivenoun
A means, attitude or position of defense.
Defensiveadjective
Serving to defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed to offensive; as, defensive armor.
Defensiveadjective
Carried on by resisting attack or aggression; - opposed to offensive; as, defensive war.
Defensiveadjective
In a state or posture of defense.
Defensivenoun
That which defends; a safeguard.
Defensivenoun
an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive')
Defensiveadjective
intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack;
Defensiveadjective
attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing
Defensiveadjective
serving as or appropriate for defending or protecting;
