| defense | |
| 1. n. The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury. | |
| 2. n. (US) standard spelling of defence | |
| 3. n. Anything employed to oppose attack(s). | |
| 4. n. (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense. | |
| 5. n. (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense. | |
| 6. n. An argument in support or justification of something. | |
| 7. n. (government, military) Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military. | |
| Department of Defense | |
| 8. n. (obsolete) A prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance. | |
