What does defence mean?
Definitions for defence
dɪˈfɛnsde·fence
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Princeton's WordNet
defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence(noun)
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
defense, defence, defending team(noun)
(sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
"his teams are always good on defense"
defense, defence, defense team, defense lawyers(noun)
the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
"the defense called for a mistrial"
defense, defence, defense force, defence force(noun)
an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
"he joined the defense against invasion"
refutation, defense, defence(noun)
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"
defense, defence, vindication(noun)
the justification for some act or belief
"he offered a persuasive defense of the theory"
defensive structure, defense, defence(noun)
a structure used to defend against attack
"the artillery battered down the defenses"
defense, defence, denial, demurrer(noun)
a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
"he gave evidence for the defense"
defense, defence, defensive measure(noun)
(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"
defense, defence(noun)
protection from harm
"sanitation is the best defense against disease"
defense, defence(noun)
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"
Wiktionary
defence(Noun)
The action of protecting from attack.
defence(Noun)
Something used to oppose attack.
defence(Noun)
An argument in support or justification of something.
Webster Dictionary
Defence
see Defense
Etymology: [F. dfense, OF. defense, fem., defens, masc., fr. L. defensa (cf. LL. defensum), from defendere. See Defend, and cf. Fence.]
Defence(noun)
the act of defending, or the state of being defended; protection, as from violence or danger
Etymology: [F. dfense, OF. defense, fem., defens, masc., fr. L. defensa (cf. LL. defensum), from defendere. See Defend, and cf. Fence.]
Defence(noun)
that which defends or protects; anything employed to oppose attack, ward off violence or danger, or maintain security; a guard; a protection
Etymology: [F. dfense, OF. defense, fem., defens, masc., fr. L. defensa (cf. LL. defensum), from defendere. See Defend, and cf. Fence.]
Defence(noun)
protecting plea; vindication; justification
Etymology: [F. dfense, OF. defense, fem., defens, masc., fr. L. defensa (cf. LL. defensum), from defendere. See Defend, and cf. Fence.]
Defence(noun)
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
Etymology: [F. dfense, OF. defense, fem., defens, masc., fr. L. defensa (cf. LL. defensum), from defendere. See Defend, and cf. Fence.]
Defence(noun)
act or skill in making defense; defensive plan or policy; practice in self defense, as in fencing, boxing, etc
Etymology: [F. dfense, OF. defense, fem., defens, masc., fr. L. defensa (cf. LL. defensum), from defendere. See Defend, and cf. Fence.]
Defence(noun)
prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance
Etymology: [F. dfense, OF. defense, fem., defens, masc., fr. L. defensa (cf. LL. defensum), from defendere. See Defend, and cf. Fence.]
Freebase
DeFence
'deFENCE' is an interactive conceptual art project for freedom of cohabitation, designed in such a way as to include each beholder personally. In tradition of Marcel Duchamp, the two main roles of this exhibit are the work itself, and the person watching it. Only here, the subjective role of the beholder is not the only one. They are personally drawn into the exhibit, by way of a mirror. The work represents a house, with its door wide open, inviting and welcoming every visitor. Except, a certain visitor is watching this house over a barbed wire fence. On the other hand, this visitor is being watched from the window of the house. The author's intention was to combine these two persons into one, so that people who had never had the chance to be on the other side of the barbed wire, can benefit in two ways: Firstly, they can see how it is to be looking over a barbed wire into a house inviting you, which you cannot reach. And secondly, they can see themselves passively looking from the house at the person outside the fence, doing nothing to remove this segregation. The concept of this project is to bring to the attention of people living in the 'free' world that many of the boundaries that segregate others in a 'non free' world, are created by themselves. Or, at least, they do nothing to remove these boundaries. The wish of the author is to help remove all boundaries that separate people and worlds.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Defence
de-fens′, n. a defending: protection: vindication: (law) a defendant's plea.—pa.p. Defenc′ed (B.), fortified.—adj. Defence′less.—adv. Defence′lessly.—n. Defence′lessness. [See Defend.]
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'defence' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #816
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'defence' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1966
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'defence' in Nouns Frequency: #340
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of defence in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of defence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of defence in a Sentence
We are not allergic to the French, but to not utilising the capacity of the Polish (defence) industry.
As a defence partner, you need assets. It is no good saying that you uphold the international rules-based order, you need something that will be useful for Australia and the United States, the most obvious way is to have the same system, the P-8.
There's a huge appetite in Europe for defence as a whole.
The value of Subic as a military base was proven by the Americans. Chinese defence planners know that.
We are beginning to see the (heat) signatures of air defence systems and electronic warfare systems that have accompanied past Russian troop movements into Ukraine.
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Translations for defence
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- دفاعArabic
- отбрана, защитаBulgarian
- defensaCatalan, Valencian
- obranaCzech
- forsvarDanish
- VerteidigungGerman
- άμυναGreek
- defendoEsperanto
- defensaSpanish
- دفاعPersian
- puolustus, kielto, puolustelu, puolustautuminenFinnish
- verjaFaroese
- défenseFrench
- cosaintIrish
- הגנהHebrew
- védelemHungarian
- difesaItalian
- 防禦, 防御Japanese
- 방어Korean
- بهرگریKurdish
- parahauMāori
- verweer, verdediging, weer, defensieDutch
- forsvarNorwegian
- obronaPolish
- escudo, defesaPortuguese
- apărareRomanian
- оборона, защитаRussian
- ȍbranaSerbo-Croatian
- fSwedish
- savunmaTurkish
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