(military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies | a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states |
the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury | a particular course of action intended to achieve a result |
a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him | a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant |
protection from harm | (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents |
a structure used to defend against attack | a mental process that you are not directly aware of |
the justification for some act or belief | a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant |
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 | |