(military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies | the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning |
the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury | something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary |
a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him | a statement in explanation of some action or belief |
protection from harm | |
a structure used to defend against attack | |
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 | |