a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts | (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies |
the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts | the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury |
a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement | a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him |
the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations | protection from harm |
the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships | 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 |