- Types Of Speech
- You can use defence as a noun in a sentence.
- About Defence
- A 2 syllables noun and 7 letters with the letters c, d, e, f, and n, 4 consonants, 3 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter e. Defence starts with a consonant and ends with a vowel with the starting letters d, de, def, defe, defen, and the ending characters are e, ce, nce, ence, fence, ..
- Definition
- Protection from harm; "sanitation is the best defense against disease"
- Origin/Roots
- French
- Scrabble
- Is defence a scrabble word? A 13 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Defence in Pig Latin is said as "efenceday or efencedway".
- Unigram
- d | e | f | e | n | c | e
- Bigram
- de | ef | fe | en | nc | ce
- Trigram
- def | efe | fen | enc | nce
- Quadrigram
- defe | efen | fenc | ence
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- protection from harm;
"sanitation is the best defense against disease" - military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies;
"they died in the defense of Stalingrad";
"they were developed for the defense program" - a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him;
"he gave evidence for the defense" - a structure used for defense;
"the artillery battered down the defenses" - the justification for some act or belief;
"he offered a persuasive defense of the theory" - the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions;
"his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive";
"in defense he said the other man started it" - an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack;
"he joined the defense against invasion" - the defendant and his legal advisors collectively;
"the defense called for a mistrial" - (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring;
"his teams are always good on defense" - (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abnegation | renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others |
| Aegis | |
| Answer | a nonverbal reaction "his answer to any problem was to get drunk" "their answer was to sue me" |
| Apologetic | offering or expressing apology "an apologetic note" "an apologetic manner" |
| Apologetics | the branch of theology that is concerned with the defense of Christian doctrines |
| Apologia | a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly |
| Apology | a poor example "it was an apology for a meal" "a poor excuse for an automobile" |
| Arch Dam | |
| Arguing | a contentious speech act a dispute where there is strong disagreement "they were involved in a violent argument" |
| Argument | a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable |
View all cognitive synonyms for Defence
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Defence | protection from harm "sanitation is the best defense against disease" |
View English words with the unique letters used in defence. Words With The Letters Cdefn
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Protection | payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence "every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection" |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fan Dance (9 letters) | |||||
| Defence (7 letters) | 13 | 15 | cdeeefn | ||
| Deference (9 letters) | 15 +2 | 17 +2 | deference | ||
| Cofounder (9 letters) | 15 +2 | 18 +3 | cofounder | ||
| Fecundate (9 letters) | 15 +2 | 18 +3 | fecundate | ||
| Defunct (7 letters) | 13 | 16 +1 | defunct | ||
| Confused (8 letters) | 14 +1 | 17 +2 | confused | ||
| Unfocused (9 letters) | 15 +2 | 19 +4 | cdefnosuu | ||
| Enforced (8 letters) | 14 +1 | 16 +1 | enforced | ||
| Corn Fed (8 letters) | |||||
| Unforced (8 letters) | 14 +1 | 17 +2 | unforced | ||
| Fecund (6 letters) | 12 | 15 | fecund | ||
| Conferred (9 letters) | 15 +2 | 17 +2 | cdeefnorr | ||
| Fenced (6 letters) | 12 | 14 | fenced | ||
| Unfenced (8 letters) | 14 +1 | 18 +3 | unfenced | ||
| Unfaceted (9 letters) | 15 +2 | 18 +3 | fecundate | ||
| Confessed (9 letters) | 15 +2 | 17 +2 | confessed | ||
| Face Down (9 letters) | |||||
| Undefaced (9 letters) | 16 +3 | 19 +4 | undefaced | ||
| Confuted (8 letters) | 14 +1 | 17 +2 | confuted | ||
| Confabbed (9 letters) | 19 +6 | 23 +8 | confabbed |
Defence Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With E
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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