defense


Meanings

  • (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"
  • protection from harm;
    • "sanitation is the best defense against disease"
  • (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring;
    • "his teams are always good on defense"
  • the justification for some act or belief;
    • "he offered a persuasive defense of the theory"
  • (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
  • the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947
  • the defendant and his legal advisors collectively;
    • "the defense called for a mistrial"
  • the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions;
    • "in defense he said the other man started it"
  • an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack;
    • "he joined the defense against invasion"
  • a structure used to defend against attack;
    • "the artillery battered down the defenses"
  • a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him;
    • "he gave evidence for the defense"
  • 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"
  • DEFENSE v -FENSED, -FENSING, -FENSES to guard against a specific attack


Scrabble Score: 11

defense is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

defense is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

defense is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 12

defense is a valid Words With Friends word