Defenses synonyms
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A formal justification, defence.
The act of supporting:
A person who serves as a public representative of a business, group, etc., usually because of his or her prestige
A halt made by a touring theatrical company to give a performance; also, the place stopped at
(Computers) A device or area used to store data temporarily.
Any material or structure used for protection against radiation
Protection; watch:
custodies
A guarding or keeping safe; care; protection; guardianship
Protection or defense against escape
Something that provides protection against attack, loss, or injury, as:
An upright structure of wood, stone, brick, etc., serving to enclose, divide, support, or protect
A similar fenced or enclosed area, especially one used for protection.
Something, especially a structure, that provides cover or protection, as from the weather:
A means of protection or defense; a bulwark.
palladiums
A safeguard, especially one viewed as a guarantee of the integrity of social institutions:
The definition of a garrison is a military fort or a body of troops stationed at a military fort.
(Archaic) A means of defense; a protection.
A defense or justification of an individual’s act or failure to act; a defense in criminal law that an individual’s actions cannot constitute a crime because of coercion, or some other cause that places the actions beyond the individual’s volition or control.
A person or thing serving as a strong defense or protection
The definition of a boundary is a line or something else that marks a limit or border.
A usually improvised structure set up, as across a route of access, to obstruct the passage of an enemy or opponent.
A safeguard or protection:
An act in response or retaliation:
The fact of having been elsewhere when a crime in question was committed.
A box, sheath, or covering generally.
All such declarations, spoken or written, offered in a legal case or deliberative hearing.
The act or practice of making such a reply
(Law) A plaintiff's response to the defendant's answer or plea, especially with regard to counterclaims made by the defendant.
A means of defense or protection
refutations
Refutation is the act of proving something wrong or false.
vindications
The act of vindicating or the state of being vindicated.
denials
(--- Psychology) An unconscious defense mechanism characterized by refusal to acknowledge painful realities, thoughts, or feelings.
apologias
An apology or formal defense of an idea, religion, etc., esp. such a defense of one's own beliefs or conduct
resistances
Resistance is defined as a refusal to give in or to something that slows down or prevents something.
explanations
The act or process of explaining:
exonerations
An act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation
inoculations
The act or an instance of inoculating, especially the introduction of an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.
precautions
Caution practiced in advance; forethought or circumspection:
backings
Those giving such support
barriers
A material formation or structure, such as a mountain range or wall, that prevents passage or access.
preservations
The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
protections
Protection is a person or thing that shields from danger, pain or discomfort, or money paid to avoid violence or prosecution.
strongholds
An area dominated or occupied by a special group or distinguished by a special quality:
outposts
An outlying settlement.
fortresses
The definition of a fortress is a secured and strong place.
fortifications
The act or process of fortifying.
forts
The definition of a fort is a building that has been protected, often because of its military importance.
coverts
Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.
arguments
A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
assertions
The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.
rebuttals
(Law) A pleading by a defendant in reply to the evidence put forward by a plaintiff or the prosecution.
rejoinders
A reply; answer
protectors
A device or mechanism which is designed to protect.
flights (antonym)
A flight arrow
sieges (antonym)
(Figuratively) A prolonged assault or attack
attacks (antonym)
The initial movement in a task or undertaking:
offenses (antonym)
The state of being offended.
prosecutions (antonym)
The definition of a prosecution is a criminal court proceeding against someone.
aggressions (antonym)
An unprovoked attack or warlike act; specif., the use of armed force by a state in violation of its international obligations
retaliations (antonym)
Violent response to an act of harm or perceived injustice.
desertions (antonym)
The act or an instance of deserting.
exposures (antonym)
An act of subjecting or an instance of being subjected to an action or an influence:
capitulations (antonym)
The act of capitulating; conditional surrender
betrayals (antonym)
The act of betraying
abandonments (antonym)
(Law) The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against. [Early 19th century.]
proofs (related)
A statement or argument used in such a validation.
statements (related)
The act of stating or declaring:
declarations (related)
A statement made in connection with a case or legal matter, or intended to have a formal status or effect.
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