Antonym: assault, attack, offense. Similar words: defensive, defender, defendant, offense, offensive, dense, sense, license. Meaning: [dɪˈfens] 
n. 1. (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring 2. military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies 3. the defendant and his legal advisors collectively 4. protection from harm 5. a structure used to defend against attack 6. the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions 7. the justification for some act or belief 8. a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him 9. an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack 10. the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947 11. (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires.
n. 1. (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring 2. military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies 3. the defendant and his legal advisors collectively 4. protection from harm 5. a structure used to defend against attack 6. the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions 7. the justification for some act or belief 8. a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him 9. an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack 10. the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947 11. (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires. 
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31) She has been designated by the President as the next Secretary of Defense.
32) The jury must take into account any mitigating circumstances presented by the defense, such as previous good character.
33) Millions of dollars were poured into the maw of defense spending.
34) Jean wrote a letter to the paper in Angela's defense.
35) Let's first suppose the second defense line has been destroyed.
36) The attorney for the defense challenged the evidence as hearsay.
37) Prosecution and defense lawyers are expected to deliver closing arguments next week.
38) The defense attorney argued that the judge should declare a mistrial .sentencedict.com/defense.html
39) He plays on defense.
40) Washington advocated the coffee break, then, as a morale builder — particularly for the defense workers.
41) He realized none of his schoolmates would come to his defense.
42) His defense, which seems credible on the evidence so far, is that the bank masked its skullduggery so completely that no regulator anywhere in the world could get a handle on it.
43) His defense, which seems credible on the evidence so far, is that the bank masked its skullduggery so completely that no regulator anywhere in the world ...
44) The weakness in their defense has already cost them dearly this season.
45) The prosecution and defense were bandying accusations back and forth.
46) Those war plans rested on a belief in the ineluctable superiority of the offense over the defense.
47) She is the chair of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Military.
48) The press corps was primed to leap to the defense of the fired officials.
49) The attorney quickly turned his main defense argument on its head.
50) Twenty eight percent of the federal budget is spent on defense.
51) defense, which seems credible on the evidence so far(sentencedict.com), is that the bank masked its skullduggery so completely that no regulator anywhere in the world could.
52) The defense is expected to call them as witnesses .
53) He has been stepped up to the Ministry of National Defense.
54) The Defense Department has given its blessing to the scheme.
55) Raytheon is a defense contractor and engineering concern.
56) And the defense came alive in the second half.
57) Buddy Ryan gave him the best defense ever assembled.
58) They have hired separate criminal defense attorneys.
59) Monday's debate on the defense bill lasted all night.
60) Exhibit A in defense of the caveman.
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