returning to a former state | (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies |
the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x) | the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury |
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state | a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him |
an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely | 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 |