DEFENSE
- the act or action of defending the defense of our country speak out in defense of justice
- defendant's denial, answer, or plea
- ans or method of defending or protecting oneself, one's team, or another
- defensive structure
- to guard against a specific attack [v DEFENSED, DEFENSES, DEFENSING]
- argument in support or justification
- sequence of moves available in chess to the second player in the opening
- defending party or group (as in a court of law) the defense rests
- defensive team