Defense
nounid
42464·updated May 18, 2026verified
an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
polysemous
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Entity Type
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Defenses
- possessive
- Defense's
- pluralpossessive
- Defenses'
Framework definitions
- §1
- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
- §2
- protection from harm
- §3
- military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- §4
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
- §5
- a structure used to defend against attack
- §6
- the justification for some act or belief
- §7
- the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- §8
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- §9
- the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
- §10
- in sports, the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- §11
- an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
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