defence

• (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
• (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
• the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
• an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
• the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
• the justification for some act or belief
• a structure used to defend against attack
• a defendant´s answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
• (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
• protection from harm
• the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
• The act of defending, or the state of being defended
• That which defends or protects
• Protecting plea
• The defendant´s answer or plea
• Act or skill in making defense
• Prohibition

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