defense
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～ (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies; "they died in the defense of Stalingrad"; "they were developed for the defense program"
defense
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～ (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
defense attorney
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～ the lawyer representing the defendant
defense
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～ protection from harm; "sanitation is the best defense against disease"
defense
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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"
defense
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～ an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack; "he joined the defense against invasion"
defenselessness
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～ the property of being helpless in the face of attack
defensibility
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～ capability of being defended; "they built their castles with an eye to their defensibility"; "client complaints create a felt need for the defensibility of individual actions"
defensive attitude
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～ an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive')
defensive
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～ an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive')
defensiveness
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～ excessive sensitivity to criticism; "his defensiveness was manifested in hurt silence"; "the fear of being sued for malpractice has magnified physicians' defensiveness"
deference
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～ a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
deference
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～ a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard; "his deference to her wishes was very flattering"; "be sure to give my respects to the dean"
deference
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～ courteous regard for people's feelings; "in deference to your wishes"; "out of respect for his privacy"
deferment
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～ act of putting off to a future time
deferral
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～ act of putting off to a future time
deferral
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～ a state of abeyance or suspended business
defervescence
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～ abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature
defiance
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～ intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude