defense

nounB1 · Intermediate

Act of keeping yourself or others safe.

Meaning of «defense»

noun

act of keeping yourself or others safe

The company invested more money in national defense.

Translation

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«defense» in 17 languages

AR العربية

AZ Azərbaycan

DE Deutsch

ES Español

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FR Français

HI हिन्दी

ID Indonesia

JA 日本語

KO 한국어

PT Português

RO Română

RU Русский

TH ไทย

TR Türkçe

UK Українська

UZ O‘zbek

VI Tiếng Việt

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The difference between similar words

a reason given for your actions

excusea reason to avoid blame, often not trueHis excuse for being late was the traffic.

justificationformala good reason that shows something was rightThere is no justification for hitting people.

defensewhat you say to protect yourself from blameIn his defense, he did not know the rules.

← defender defensive →