defence
noun
1. (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
Similar word(s): defense
Definition categories: process
2. (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- his teams are always good on defense
Similar word(s): defense
Definition categories: group, squad, team
3. the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
- the defense called for a mistrial
Similar word(s): defense
Definition categories: group, accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
4. an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- he joined the defense against invasion
Similar word(s): defense
Definition categories: group, organisation, organization
5. the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- in defense he said the other man started it
Similar word(s): defense, refutation
Definition categories: communication, answer
6. the justification for some act or belief
- he offered a persuasive defense of the theory
Similar word(s): defense, vindication
Definition categories: communication, justification
7. a structure used to defend against attack
- the artillery battered down the defenses
Similar word(s): defense
Definition categories: man–made, construction, structure
8. a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
- he gave evidence for the defense
Similar word(s): defense, demurrer, denial
Definition categories: act
9. (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- they died in the defense of Stalingrad
- they were developed for the defense program
Similar word(s): defense
Definition categories: act, action
10. protection from harm
- sanitation is the best defense against disease
Similar word(s): defense
Definition categories: act, protection
11. the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
- a good boxer needs a good defense
- defense against hurricanes is an urgent problem
Similar word(s): defense
Definition categories: act, protection
Sentences with defence as a noun:
- Department of Defence
verb
1. (obsolete, transitive) To furnish with defences; to fortify.