the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business | (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies |
the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically | the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury |
the act of forming or establishing something | a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him |
an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized | protection from harm |
an organized structure for arranging or classifying | a structure used to defend against attack |
a group of people who work together | the justification for some act or belief |
the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something | 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 |