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Meaning of defense

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  defense
      n 1: (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" [syn: {defense}, {defence}, {defensive
           measure}]
      2: protection from harm; "sanitation is the best defense against
         disease" [syn: {defense}, {defence}]
      3: (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team
         from scoring; "his teams are always good on defense" [syn:
         {defense}, {defence}, {defending team}] [ant: {offence},
         {offense}]
      4: the justification for some act or belief; "he offered a
         persuasive defense of the theory" [syn: {defense}, {defence},
         {vindication}]
      5: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the
         anxiety associated with instinctive desires [syn: {defense
         mechanism}, {defense reaction}, {defence mechanism}, {defence
         reaction}, {defense}, {defence}]
      6: the federal department responsible for safeguarding national
         security of the United States; created in 1947 [syn:
         {Department of Defense}, {Defense Department}, {United States
         Department of Defense}, {Defense}, {DoD}]
      7: the defendant and his legal advisors collectively; "the
         defense called for a mistrial" [syn: {defense}, {defence},
         {defense team}, {defense lawyers}] [ant: {prosecution}]
      8: 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" [syn: {refutation},
         {defense}, {defence}]
      9: an organization of defenders that provides resistance against
         attack; "he joined the defense against invasion" [syn:
         {defense}, {defence}, {defense force}, {defence force}]
      10: a structure used to defend against attack; "the artillery
          battered down the defenses" [syn: {defensive structure},
          {defense}, {defence}]
      11: a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the
          charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense"
          [syn: {defense}, {defence}, {denial}, {demurrer}] [ant:
          {criminal prosecution}, {prosecution}]
      12: 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" [syn: {defense},
          {defence}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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