Dictionary Entry
defence
defence is a 7-letter English word with 18 senses as noun & transitive verberb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: See Defense. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 18 senses
Definitions
- 1noun & transitive verberb
See Defense.
- 2noun
The act of defending, or the state of being defended; protection, as from violence or danger.
- 3noun
That which defends or protects; anything employed to oppose attack, ward off violence or danger, or maintain security; a guard; a protection.
- 4noun
Protecting plea; vindication; justification.
- 5noun
The defendant's answer or plea; an opposing or denial of the truth or validity of the plaintiff's or prosecutor's case; the method of proceeding adopted by the defendant to protect himself against the plaintiff's action.
- 6noun
Act or skill in making defense; defensive plan or policy; practice in self defense, as in fencing, boxing, etc.
- 7noun
Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
- 8noun
the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
"a good boxer needs a good defense"
"defense against hurricanes is an urgent problem"
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- 9noun
protection from harm
"sanitation is the best defense against disease"
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- 10noun
(military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
"they died in the defense of Stalingrad"
"they were developed for the defense program"
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- 11noun
a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
"he gave evidence for the defense"
- 12noun
a structure used to defend against attack
"the artillery battered down the defenses"
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- 13noun
the justification for some act or belief
"he offered a persuasive defense of the theory"
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- 14noun
the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
"his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"
"in defense he said the other man started it"
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- 15noun
an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
"he joined the defense against invasion"
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- 16noun
the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
"the defense called for a mistrial"
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- 17noun
(sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
"his teams are always good on defense"
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- 18noun
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
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