This word does NOT mean taking down a fence; it is the British spelling of "defense" a word that means the act of protecting or defending. Wearing garlic around your neck might be your defence against vampires.
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Noun
protection from harm; "sanitation is the best defense against disease"
Noun
military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies; "they died in the defense of Stalingrad"; "they were developed for the defense program"
Noun
a defendant''s answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense"
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a structure used for defense; "the artillery battered down the defenses"
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the justification for some act or belief; "he offered a persuasive defense of the theory"
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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"
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an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack; "he joined the defense against invasion"
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the defendant and his legal advisors collectively; "the defense called for a mistrial"
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(sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring; "his teams are always good on defense"
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(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
n. & v. t.
See Defense.
n.
The act of defending, or the state of being defended;
protection, as from violence or danger.
n.
That which defends or protects; anything employed to
oppose attack, ward off violence or danger, or maintain security; a
guard; a protection.
n.
Protecting plea; vindication; justification.
n.
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.
n.
Act or skill in making defense; defensive plan or policy;
practice in self defense, as in fencing, boxing, etc.
n.
Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
Defence
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Usage Examples
We have the character of an island nation: independent, forthright, passionate in defence of our sovereignty. We can no more change this British sensibility than we can drain the English Channel. And because of this sensibility, we come to the European Union with a frame of mind that is more practical than emotional.
I don't imagine Heads of Government would ever be able to say I'm not an economist therefore I can't take decisions on matters of the economy I'm not a soldier I can't take decisions on matters of defence I'm not an educationist so I can't take decisions about education.
He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third.
I don't know if this is the kind of retrospective analysis that people are fond of applying to their work or actions, but it feels like I knew I was going to be famous and I knew that an element of that would be traumatic, so that if I could make myself something big and otherworldly, it would be a kind of defence.
We have not sought this conflict we have sought too long to avoid it our forbearance has been construed into weakness, our magnanimity into fear, until the vindication of our manhood, as well as the defence of our rights, is required at our hands.
When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity.
I do not intend to dispute in any way the need for defence cuts and the need for government spending cuts in general. I do not share a not in my backyard approach to government spending reductions.
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Other Usage ExamplesThe history of man is the history of crimes, and history can repeat. So information is a defence. Through this we can build, we must build, a defence against repetition.
The home to everyone is to him his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose.
So my own suspicion is that the attorney has stopped this prosecution because part of her defence was to question legality and that would have brought his advice into the public domain again and there was something fishy about the way in which he said war was legal.
We will work with industrial or Dept. Of Defence sponsorship as long as we keep our principals of openness firm we're proud to work with the military, and they respect that in turn.
Sadness is also a kind of defence.
Strength lies not in defence but in attack.
Ten years ago U.S. defence investment represented almost half of all defence expenditure in the whole alliance. Today it is 75%. This increasing economic gap may also lead to an increasing technology gap which will almost hamper the inter-operability between our forces.
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