Defense

/dɪˈfɛns/

Synonyms for "defense" (258 found)

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Closest matches (52)

Noun(21 words)

defence protection safeguard shield advocacy alibi alibiing alibis amparo apologias apologies argument barricade battlement blocking breastplate breastplates buckler bulwarks carapaces

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claim support

aegis answer apologetic apologetics apologia apologyarch damargument argumentation armament armor arms backfire backstopbamboo curtainbank bar barrage barrierbear-trap dam

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beaver dambicker bickering boom breakwater breastworkbrick wallbuffer bulkhead bulwark casuistry

Strong matches (77)

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cover dam demurrer denial dike disputation dispute ditch earthwork embankment exception exculpation excuse explanation eye fastness fence flyting fort fortress

Noun(35 words)

communication avoidancecounteraction counteractions cuirassdefence forcedefence mechanismdefence reactiondefenders defendingdefending teamdefense departmentdefense forcedefense lawyersdefense linedefense mechanismdefense reactiondefense teamdefensingdefensive measuredefensive structure

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defensive unitdemurrer denialdepartment of defensedisputations dod espousing excusingexplain verbfielders fieldingfielding teamforces readingfortification fortifying

Verb(1 words)

fending

Adjective(1 words)

french sécurité

Related words (129)

Noun(36 words)

garrisoning guard guarding immunity interposition justificationsjustify the claimjustifying legitimizing parries parrying pavise plea pleas praesidium preservation protecting protectors rationalizing refutation

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repulses repulsing resistancesroman soldier armorroman soldier shieldsafeguarding shieldsteam defenseunited states department of defenseupholding vindicating vindication vindications viva ward warding

gategravity damgroin guard hassle hubbubhydraulic-fill damiron curtainjam jetty justificationleaping weirlee levee litigation logjam logomachy milldam moat mole

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mound munitions objectionpaper warparapetpassage of armsplea pleading pleadings polemic polemics portcullis preservation protectionprotective custodyrampart rationalization rebuttal rebutter refuge refutation rejoinder replication reply resistance response retort return rhubarb riposte roadblockrock-fill damsafeguard safekeeping safety seawall security self-defense self-preservation self-protectionset toset-to shade shadow shelter shieldshutter damspecial demurrerspecial pleadingstatement of defensestone wallstronghold surrebuttal surrebutter surrejoinderverbal engagementwallwar of wordswardwatchful eyeweaponry weapons weirwicket damwork wrangling

Adjective(3 words)

good justificationmoral stancesubstantiating claims

Verb(3 words)

justify claimplay defenseuphold a claim

Preposition(1 words)

with no justification

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

28 entries

accumulation action aggregation answer assemblage collection constructioncourt proceduredue processdue process of lawexecutive departmentjustificationlegal conceptlegal mattermilitary actionorganisation

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More specific

11 entries

alibi armor barrier bulwark defender fortification fullback goalkeeper motion plea shield

Collocations

5 entries

defense attorneydefense budgetdefense mechanismdefense strategynational defense

Inflections

1 entries

defenses

Derivations

4 entries

defend defensive defensively defensiveness

Antonyms

2 entries

offense prosecution

Translations

66 translations across 32 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἀπολογία noun (argument in support or justification of something)

Armenian

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պաշտպանություն noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Bulgarian

2 entries

отбра́на noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
отбрани́телни съоръже́ния noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Catalan

2 entries

defensa noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
protecció noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

بەرگری noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

防禦物 /防御物 noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Czech

2 entries

obrana noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
obrana noun (argument in support or justification of something)

Danish

1 entries

forsvar noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Dutch

3 entries

verdediging noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
verweer noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
verweer noun (argument in support or justification of something)

Faroese

1 entries

verja noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Finnish

3 entries

puolustelu noun (argument in support or justification of something)
puolustus noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
puolustus noun (argument in support or justification of something)

French

1 entries

défense noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Georgian

1 entries

თავდაცვა noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

German

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Verteidigung noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍃 noun (argument in support or justification of something)

Greek

1 entries

άμυνα noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Hebrew

1 entries

הגנה noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Hungarian

4 entries

védekezés noun (argument in support or justification of something)
védelem noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
védelem noun (argument in support or justification of something)
védés noun (argument in support or justification of something)

Italian

2 entries

difesa noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
difesa noun (argument in support or justification of something)

Latin

3 entries

dēfēnsa noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
mūnīmen noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
mūnīmentum noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Macedonian

2 entries

одбрана noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
одбрана noun (argument in support or justification of something)

Māori

1 entries

whakarurunga noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Old English

1 entries

bewering noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Polish

2 entries

obrona noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
obrona noun (argument in support or justification of something)

Portuguese

3 entries

defesa noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
defesa noun (argument in support or justification of something)
escudo noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Romanian

2 entries

apărare noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
apărare noun (argument in support or justification of something)

Russian

4 entries

защи́та noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
защи́та noun (argument in support or justification of something)
оборо́на noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
оборони́тельные сооруже́ния noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

ȍbrana noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
ȍbrana noun (argument in support or justification of something)
ȍdbrana noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
ȍdbrana noun (argument in support or justification of something)

Spanish

2 entries

defensa noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
descargo noun (argument in support or justification of something)

Swedish

3 entries

försvar noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
försvar noun (argument in support or justification of something)
värn noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Urdu

1 entries

صَفائی noun (argument in support or justification of something)

Vietnamese

4 entries

phòng ngự noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
phòng thủ noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
phòng vệ noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
phản biện noun (argument in support or justification of something)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The defense lawyer was confident that he would be able to answer the prosecutor's arguments in his rebuttal.

Source: tatoeba (1969)

Karate is an art of unarmed defense.

Source: tatoeba (18180)

Our combined fleet broke through the enemy's defense zone.

Source: tatoeba (29161)

The outlook for the defense program is dismal.

Source: tatoeba (43969)

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