defenses


Meanings

  • (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies;
  • protection from harm;
  • (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring;
  • the justification for some act or belief;
  • (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
  • the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947
  • the defendant and his legal advisors collectively;
  • the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions;
  • an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack;
  • a structure used to defend against attack;
    • "the artillery battered down the defenses"
  • a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him;
  • the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury;


Scrabble Score: 12

defenses is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

defenses is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

defenses is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 13

defenses is a valid Words With Friends word