Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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demurrer | Yes | No | No | No |
defence | Yes | No | No | No |
demurrer (noun) | defence (noun) |
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a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him | (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies |
(law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings | the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury |
(law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings | a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him |
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 |