Defence: alternatives and connections

The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of…

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A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.

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To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

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The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

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The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.

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The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

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The right to a fair legal process.

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The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law, justice, right, or duty; defense; vindi…

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The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.

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The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection.

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A small party of men assembled for drill, inspection, or other purposes.

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The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter.

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The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act w…

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Something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as,…

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A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to d…

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A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or…

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of Cheval-de-frise

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The act or principle of compensating.

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The act or process of confuting; refutation.

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The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change.

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The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation.

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The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.

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The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.

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To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to ex…

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The state of being fast and firm; firmness; fixedness; security; faithfulness.

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A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisa…

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The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places in order to defend them against an enemy.

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A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.

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The act or process of idealizing.

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The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation; loneliness.

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of Mine

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Fortification; stronghold.

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To exceed in working; to work more or faster than.

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The act of throwing or shooting forward.

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The act or process of rationalizing.

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The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit.

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The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation.

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The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.

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To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position

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A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security.

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A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton…

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To drive or beat back; to repulse.

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To drive or beat back; to repulse.

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The act of trying or testing in any manner.

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Alt. of Defence

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One who demurs.

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The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation.

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The act or process of refuting or disproving, or the state of being refuted; proof of falsehood or error; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, t…

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The act of vindicating, or the state of being vindicated; defense; justification against denial or censure; as, the vindication of opinions; his vind…

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The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind; as, the prosecution of a sc…

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The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind; as, the prosecution of a sc…

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