Synonyms for defenselessly

Grammar : Adv

Spell : dih-fens or especially for 7, 9, dee-fens

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfɛns or especially for 7, 9, ˈdi fɛns

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Définition of defenselessly

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.

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