defenses

Meanings

Noun

• (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
• plural of defense

Verb

• third-person singular simple present indicative of defense

Synonyms

defence, defence force, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defending team, Defense, defense, Defense Department, defense force, defense lawyers, defense mechanism, defense reaction, defense team, defensive measure, defensive structure, demurrer, denial, Department of Defense, DoD, refutation, United States Department of Defense, vindication

Antonyms

offence, offense, prosecution