(military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies | systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale |
the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury | (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation |
a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him | the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency |
protection from harm | the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason |
a structure used to defend against attack | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening |
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 | |