(military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies | the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others |
the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury | a country's withdrawal from international politics |
a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him | a feeling of being disliked and alone |
protection from harm | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it |
a structure used to defend against attack | a state of separation between persons or groups |
the justification for some act or belief | |
the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions | |
the defendant and his legal advisors collectively | |
(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 | |