the activity of protecting someone or something | (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies |
payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence | the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury |
kindly endorsement and guidance | a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him |
the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition | protection from harm |
a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury | a structure used to defend against attack |
defense against financial failure; financial independence | the justification for some act or belief |
the condition of being protected | 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 |