Definitions of defence:
- noun: protection from harm
- noun: military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- noun: a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
- noun: the justification for some act or belief
- noun: an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- noun: the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
- noun: (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- noun: a structure used for defense
- noun: the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- noun: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires