the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another | (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies |
a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life | the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury |
a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown | a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him |
act of exchanging one type of money or security for another | protection from harm |
a change in the units or form of an expression: | a structure used to defend against attack |
interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition | the justification for some act or belief |
an event that results in a transformation | the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions |
a change of religion | the defendant and his legal advisors collectively |
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis | (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring |
| an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack |
| (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires |