Defense vs. Offense
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
Offensenoun
The act of offending:
Offensenoun
a crime or sin
Offensenoun
an affront, insult or injury.
Offensenoun
The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure.
Offensenoun
A strategy and tactics employed when in position to score; contrasted with defense.
Offensenoun
The portion of a team dedicated to scoring when in position to do so; contrasted with defense.
Offensenoun
The act of offending in any sense; esp., a crime or a sin, an affront or an injury.
Offensenoun
The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure; as, to cause offense.
Offensenoun
A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin.
Offensenoun
In any contest, the act or process of attacking as contrasted with the act of defending; the offensive; as, to go on the offense.
Offensenoun
The members of a team who have the primary responsibility to score goals, in contrast to those who have the responsibility to defend, i.e. to prevent the opposing team from scoring goal.
Offensenoun
a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others
Offensenoun
a feeling of anger caused by being offended;
Offensenoun
a crime less serious than a felony
Offensenoun
the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score
Offensenoun
the action of attacking an enemy
