Antonym: offence, prosecution. Similar words: sit on the fence, deference, defend, defense, defender, defensive, defendant, indefensible. Meaning: [dɪ'fens] 
n. 1. (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires 2. (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring 3. the defendant and his legal advisors collectively 4. an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack 5. the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions 6. the justification for some act or belief 7. a structure used to defend against attack 8. a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him 9. military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies 10. protection from harm.
n. 1. (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires 2. (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring 3. the defendant and his legal advisors collectively 4. an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack 5. the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions 6. the justification for some act or belief 7. a structure used to defend against attack 8. a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him 9. military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies 10. protection from harm. 
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91) Further cuts in defence spending are being considered.
92) A lot of money is spent on defence.
93) The defence called their first witness.
94) There is no defence of entrapment in English law.
95) What defence did you use in that last game?
96) Defence spending absorbs almost 20% of the country's wealth.
97) The jury have heard evidence from defence witnesses.
98) The defence lawyers claimed that the prisoners had been subjected to cruel and degrading treatment.
99) All I can say, in defence of my actions, is that I had little choice.
100) Defence policies must often be cleared with NATO allies first.
101) He has held the defence portfolio since the first free elections in 1990.
102) The government is trying to save ￡1 million on defence.
103) Passport checks will remain the first line of defence against terrorists.
104) The defence pursued the question of Dr Carrington's state of mind.
105) The defence argued that a regional court was not competent to try their case.
106) The defence lawyer attempted a character assassination of the witness .
107) He took their defence apart, scoring three goals in the first twenty minutes.
108) The two countries have initialled a new defence co-operation agreement.
109) These secretions are used by the caterpillar as a defence.
110) We have tightened up the defence and are winning matches as a result.
111) A British Foreign Office minister has made a robust defence of the agreement.
112) A senior defence official said last night that they would continue the air strikes.
113) Their defence, so strong last season, has now conceded 12 goals in six games.
114) Evelyn Waugh came to Wilson's defence and acknowledged the brilliance of the book's themes.
115) They are the leading manufacturer in both defence and commercial products.
116) It is so blindingly obvious that defence must be the responsibility of the state.
117) Let us respond.Let us rise as one man in defence of our motherland.
118) Defence lawyers have still not agreed to terms for payment of blood money to the victims' families.
119) West Ham exposed the right flank of Norwich's defence .
120) When a person is ill,(www.Sentencedict.com) the body's natural defence mechanisms come into operation.
More similar words: sit on the fence, deference, defend, defense, defender, defensive, defendant, indefensible, fence, offence, reference, preference, defer, defeat, defect, defecate, defeated, defective, vas deferens, deferential, deferentially, intelligence agency, preponderance of evidence, deficiency, defiance, in defiance of, hence, whence, sequence, silence.