defence
/dɪˈfɛns/
The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury; Something used to oppose attacks; An argument in support or justification of something; A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring
- Plural
- defences
Bedeutungen
- 1
The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury
He trusted his defence lawyer.
Er vertraute seinem Verteidiger.
Tatoeba · Joutsentaika · CC BY 2.0 FR
What can be said in his defence?
Was kann man zu seiner Verteidigung vorbringen?
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
Something used to oppose attacks
- 3
An argument in support or justification of something
- 4
A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence
- 5
The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence
- 6
Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military
- 7
Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinanceselten