Definition of defense

"defense" in the noun sense

1. defense, defence, defensive measure

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"

2. defense, defence

protection from harm

"sanitation is the best defense against disease"

3. defense, defence, defending team

sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring

"his teams are always good on defense"

4. defense, defence, vindication

the justification for some act or belief

"he offered a persuasive defense of the theory"

5. defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence

psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

6. Department of Defense, Defense Department, United States Department of Defense, Defense, DoD

the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States created in 1947

7. defense, defence, defense team, defense lawyers

the defendant and his legal advisors collectively

"the defense called for a mistrial"

8. refutation, defense, defence

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"

9. defense, defence, defense force, defence force

an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack

"he joined the defense against invasion"

10. defensive structure, defense, defence

a structure used to defend against attack

"the artillery battered down the defenses"

11. defense, defence, denial, demurrer

a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him

"he gave evidence for the defense"

12. defense, defence

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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Quotations for defense

The first mark of valor is defense. [ Sir P. Sidney ]

Virtue scorns a he for its defense. [ Proverb ]

A golden shield is of great defense. [ Proverb ]

Education is the cheap defense of nations. [ Burke ]

A sound conscience is a brazen wall of defense. [ From the Latin ]

Against the wild-fire of the mob there is no defense. [ Proverb ]

Anxiety is good for nothing, if we cannot turn it into a defense. [ George Eliot ]

Wisdom makes but a slow defense against trouble, though at last a sure one. [ Goldsmith ]

In the case of a very fascinating woman, sex is a challenge, not a defense. [ Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband ]

My sole defense against the natural horror which death inspires is to love beyond it. [ Mme. Swetchine ]

Wise laws and just restraints are to a noble nation not chains, but chains of mail, - strength and defense, though something of an incumbrance. [ Ruskin ]

It is a folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution. There is no defense against reproach but obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness, as satires and invectives were an essential part of a Roman triumph. [ Addison ]

Among the smaller duties of life, I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due. Reputation is one of the prizes for which men contend: it is, as Mr. Burke calls it, the cheap defense and ornament of nations. It produces more labor and more talent than twice the wealth of a country could ever rear up. It is the coin of genius, and it is the imperious duty of every man to bestow it with the most scrupulous justice and the wisest economy. [ Sydney Smith ]

Those who worship gold in a world so corrupt as this we live in have at least one thing to plead in defense of their idolatry - the power of their idol. It is true that, like other idols, it can neither move, see, hear, feel, nor understand; but, unlike other idols, it has often communicated all these powers to those who had them not, and annihilated them in those who had. This idol can boast of two peculiarities; it is worshipped in all climates, without a single temple, and by all classes, without a single hypocrite. [ Colton ]

defense in Scrabble®

The word defense is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters defense:

DEFENSE
(95 = 45 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word defense

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In defense

DEFENSE
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defense in Words With Friends™

The word defense is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters defense:

DEFENSE
(107 = 72 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

defense

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word defense

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In defense

DEFENSE
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Words within the letters of defense

2 letter words in defense (2 words)

3 letter words in defense (9 words)

4 letter words in defense (13 words)

5 letter words in defense (6 words)

6 letter words in defense (1 word)

7 letter words in defense (1 word)

defense + 1 blank (3 words)

Words containing the sequence defense

Words with defense in them (1 word)

Words that end with defense (2 words)

Word Growth involving defense

Shorter words in defense

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Longer words containing defense

defensed

defenseless defenselessly

defenseless defenselessness

defenseman

defensemen

defenses

nondefense