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Antonyms for de-fenses
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : dih-fens or especially for 7, 9, dee-fens |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfɛns or especially for 7, 9, ˈdi fɛns |
- accord
- accusation
- advance
- affection
- agreement
- approval
- arrival
- assistance
- attack
- betrayal
- blame
- blockage
- break
- brightness
- calm
- capitulation
- catalyst
- censure
- charge
- coming
- compatibility
- complaint
- condemnation
- conviction
- criticism
- danger
- defiance
- denial
- depression
- desertion
- destruction
- disadvantage
- disagreement
- disapproval
- discouragement
- disproval
- ditch
- doubt
- encouragement
- endangerment
- exposure
- flight
- friendliness
- friendship
- guilt
- handicap
- harm
- harmony
- help
- hindrance
- hurt
- impediment
- incentive
- indictment
- injury
- insecurity
- jeopardy
- kindness
- light
- liking
- loss
- love
- neglect
- obedience
- obstruction
- opening
- opposition
- peace
- peril
- permanent
- problem
- protest
- question
- quiet
- refusal
- rejection
- release
- repudiation
- request
- retreat
- ruin
- sentence
- silence
- stop
- stoppage
- submission
- surrender
- sympathy
- team
- teammates
- threat
- trouble
- uncertainty
- vulnerability
- weak point
- weak spot
- weakness
- worry
- yielding
Definition of de-fenses
Origin :- c.1300, "forbidding, prohibition," also "action of guarding or protecting," from Old French defense, from Latin defensus, past participle of defendere "ward off, protect" (see defend). But it also arrived (without the final -e) from Old French defens, from Latin defensum "thing protected or forbidden," neuter past participle of defendere.
- Defens was assimilated into defense, but not before it inspired the alternative spelling defence, via the same tendency that produced hence (hennis), pence (penies), dunce (Duns). First used 1935 as a euphemism for "national military resources." Defense mechanism in psychology is from 1913.
- As in justification : noun reason, excuse
- As in argument : noun effort to convince; presentation of support
- As in armament(s) : noun weapon(s)
- As in armor : noun protective covering, often made of metal
- As in assertion : noun declaration, positive statement
- As in opposition : noun obstruction, antagonism
- As in parapet : noun bulwark
- As in preservation : noun maintenance, protection
- As in protection : noun care, guardianship
- As in rampart : noun fortification, stronghold
- As in reason : noun explanation for an action
- As in rebuttal : noun counterstatement
- As in rejoinder : noun answer, reply
- As in retreat : noun place one goes for peace
- As in rock : noun foundation
- As in safeguard : noun protection
- As in safety : noun protection from harm
- As in sanctuary : noun place to hide, be safe
- As in security : noun safety, protection
- As in shelter : noun protection, habitat
- As in shield : noun protection
- As in bastion : noun support; fortified place
- As in tactics : noun strategy
- As in behalf : noun personal interest
- As in armament : noun weapon
- As in escape mechanism : noun strategy to avoid unpleasant realities
- As in buffer : noun safeguard
- As in bulwark : noun fortification, support
- As in vindication : noun justification
- As in defense mechanism : noun protective activity
- As in palisade : noun fortification
- As in apologia : noun justification
- As in polarity : noun opposition
- As in cover : noun hiding place
- As in advocacy : noun support for an idea or cause
- As in defense : noun armament; protection system
- As in defense : noun explanation, justification
- As in deterrent : noun impediment, restraint
- As in excuse : noun reason, explanation
- As in fence : noun barrier used to enclose a piece of land
- As in foil : noun contrast
- As in anchor : noun something used to hold another thing securely
- As in fortification : noun reinforced position
- As in answer : noun reply; reaction
- As in apology : noun offering of remorse, regret
Synonyms for de-fenses
- absolution
- absorber
- account
- acknowledgment
- acquittal
- action
- admission
- advancement
- advantage
- advocacy
- adytum
- aegis
- affirmation
- agreement
- aid
- alibi
- allegation
- amends
- ammunition
- anchor
- answer
- antagonism
- antinomy
- antiphon
- antithesis
- apartment
- apologetic
- apologetics
- apologia
- apologizing
- apology
- approach
- approval
- argument
- argumentation
- ark
- armament
- armor
- arms
- assertion
- asservation
- assistance
- assurance
- asylum
- atonement
- attestation
- aversion
- avoidance reaction
- avowal
- back talk
- backcap
- background
- backing
- backstop
- bail
- ballast
- balustrade
- Band-Aid
- bar
- barbed wire
- barricade
- barrier
- basis
- bastille
- bastion
- battlement
- benefit
- block
- blockhouse
- bluff
- boards
- bond
- bower
- breastwork
- bridle
- brush
- buckler
- buffer
- buffet
- bulletproof vest
- bulwark
- bumper
- bunker atmosphere
- bunker mentality
- buttress
- camouflage
- campaign
- campaigning for
- canning
- care
- case
- castle
- cause
- cave
- cell
- certainty
- chains
- championing
- channels
- charge
- check
- church
- citadel
- civil disobedience
- claim
- clash
- cleanup
- clearance
- cliff
- cloister
- close
- co-op
- collateral
- combat
- comeback
- comfort
- comment
- compact
- competition
- complement
- con
- concealment
- concern
- concession
- condo
- confession
- confirmation
- conflict
- confronting
- confutation
- conservancy
- conservation
- consolidation
- contention
- contest
- contract
- contradiction
- contradistinction
- contraposition
- contrariety
- contrariness
- convent
- conversion
- convoy
- cooler
- cop-out
- copout
- cornerstone
- countenance
- counteraccusation
- counteraction
- counterargument
- counterattack
- counterblow
- countercharge
- counterclaim
- counterstatement
- course
- covenant
- cover
- cover story
- covert
- coverup
- crack
- crib
- curb
- curing
- cushion
- custody
- cyclone
- debate
- defense
- defense mechanism
- defense reaction
- defenses
- defiance
- den
- determent
- deterrence
- device
- digs
- dike
- disapproval
- disclosure
- discouragement
- discussion
- disguise
- disincentive
- disposition
- drop
- duel
- dwelling
- earnest
- earthwork
- echo
- ego defenses
- elevation
- elucidation
- embankment
- embattlement
- enclosure
- encounter
- encouragement
- engagement
- entrenchment
- escort
- escutcheon
- evaporation
- evasion
- exchange
- exculpation
- excuse
- excusing
- exoneration
- expedient
- explaining
- explanation
- exposition
- expostulation
- extenuation
- fastener
- fastness
- favor
- feedback
- fence
- fender
- fish story
- fix
- foothold
- fort
- fortification
- fortress
- fray
- freedom
- freezing
- front
- furtherance
- garrison
- generalship
- good
- grapnel
- grapple
- grappling iron
- grip
- ground
- grounds
- guarantee
- guard
- guardian
- guardianship
- guarding
- guff
- gun
- habitat
- harbor
- harborage
- hardware
- haunt
- haven
- heat
- hedge
- help
- hermitage
- hide
- hideaway
- hideout
- hiding place
- hill
- hindrance
- hold
- hole
- hole in the wall
- hole-up
- home
- homeplate
- hook
- hostility
- house
- housing
- hut
- idea
- immunity
- impregnability
- insistence
- insurance
- intermediary
- interpretation
- inviolability
- invulnerability
- ivory tower
- jive
- joint
- justification
- kedge
- keep
- keeping
- key
- leash
- line
- line of reasoning
- lip
- lodging
- logic
- mainstay
- maintenance
- makeshift
- maneuver
- maneuvering
- material
- materiel
- mea culpa
- means
- method
- mitigation
- mooring
- mound
- mouthful
- move
- mud hook
- munitions
- negative taxis
- negative tropism
- negativism
- net
- notion
- oasis
- observation
- obstacle
- obstructiveness
- off-time
- okay
- opposure
- oppugnancy
- ordnance
- outpost
- outwork
- pact
- pad
- paling
- palisade
- palliation
- palliative
- parapet
- pardon
- part
- parting shot
- partition
- pawn
- pay dirt
- pen
- perpetuation
- pickets
- pickling
- pillar
- place
- plan
- plan of attack
- plate
- plea
- pleading
- pleading for
- pledge
- ploy
- polemic
- policy
- port
- position
- posts
- precaution
- predication
- preparation
- preserval
- preservation
- preserve
- presidio
- pretext
- preventative
- prevention
- preventive
- privacy
- procedure
- profession
- profit
- promise
- promotion
- promulgation
- pronouncement
- proof
- prop
- propagation
- proposal
- protecting
- protection
- protective wall
- protector
- psychological defenses
- quarterage
- questioning
- quick fix
- rack
- rail
- railing
- raison d'être
- rampart
- rationale
- rationalization
- reason
- reasoning
- reassurance
- rebuttal
- recommendation
- red tape
- redemption
- redoubt
- redress
- refrigeration
- refuge
- refutation
- regrets
- rein
- reinforcement
- rejoinder
- remark
- remonstrance
- remonstration
- reparation
- repartee
- reply
- report
- representation
- repression
- repugnance
- repulsion
- resistance
- resolution
- resort
- response
- result
- retirement
- retort
- retreat
- return
- revenge
- rhetorical question
- ridge
- riposte
- rivalry
- roadblock
- rock
- Rock of Gibraltar
- roof
- roof over head
- roost
- routine
- safe house
- safe place
- safeguard
- safeguarding
- safekeeping
- safeness
- safety
- safety measure
- sake
- salvation
- sanctification
- sanctuary
- saving
- say so
- scheme
- screen
- seclusion
- security
- self-defense
- semblance
- service
- setting
- shack
- shackle
- shade
- shadow
- sheath
- shed
- shelter
- shield
- shift
- shock absorber
- side
- sign
- skirmish
- slope
- solitude
- solution
- song
- song and dance
- sour grapes
- stability
- staff
- stakes
- stall
- stamp of approval
- statement
- stay
- stead
- stockade
- stop
- stopgap
- storage
- story
- stratagem
- strength
- strengthening
- stressing
- strife
- stronghold
- struggle
- sublimation
- substitute
- subterfuge
- support
- suppression
- surety
- surveillance
- sustentation
- symbolization
- system
- tack
- tanning
- technique
- tent
- thank-you note
- the ticket
- the whole idea
- token
- topper
- tower
- tower of strength
- trench
- trick
- turf
- tutelage
- two cents' worth
- umbrella
- unfriendliness
- upholding
- urging
- validation
- vallation
- vindication
- violation
- wall
- war
- ward
- wardship
- warfare
- warrant
- way
- weaponry
- weapons
- welfare
- whatfor
- wherefore
- whitewash
- whitewashing
- whole idea
- why
- why and wherefore
- whyfor
- wisecrack
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