Defense
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Defense or defence may refer to:
Tactical, martial, and political acts or groups
- Defense (military), forces primarily intended for warfare
- Civil defense, the organizing of civilians to deal with enemy attacks
- Defense industry, industry which manufactures and sells weapons and military technology
- Self-defense, the use of force to defend oneself
- Haganah (Hebrew for "The Defence"), a paramilitary organization in British Palestine
- National security, security of a nation state, its citizens, economy, and institutions, as a duty of government
- Defence diplomacy, pursuit of foreign policy objectives through the peaceful employment of defence resources
- Ministry of Defence or Department of Defense, part of government which regulates the armed forces
- Defence minister, cabinet position in charge of a Ministry of Defense
- International security, measures taken by states and international organizations to ensure mutual survival and safety
Sports
- Defense (sports), the action of preventing an opponent from scoring
- Defender (association football), an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposing team from scoring goals
- Defenceman (ice hockey), a player, other than the goaltender, in a defensive position
Law
- Defense (legal), an attempt to avoid criminal or civil liability
- Defence of property, argument that a defendant should not be held liable for any loss caused while acting to protect their property
- Right of self-defense, the right for people to use reasonable force to defend themselves
Places
- Defence, Karachi, a neighbourhood located within Clifton Cantonment of Karachi, Pakistan
- Defence, Lahore, a housing society in Lahore, Pakistan
- La Défense, a business district near Paris
- The Grande Arche, commonly known as Arche de la Défense, near Paris
Other uses
- Defense (chess), a chess opening by Black
- Defence (ship), name of several ships
- HMS Defence, Royal Navy ships of this name
- DeFence, an art project
- Thesis defense, oral examination required for certain advanced degrees
- Defence mechanisms, unconscious psychological mechanisms that reduce anxiety
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gollark: Gilly should be small enough to spin round reasonably well, especially since resources on planets are infinite.
gollark: Though with enough boosters it could just spin the *planet* instead...
gollark: Er, vacuum, not air.
gollark: Maybe it could be done with some detachable component to do the launch in the air if I was better at docking.
See also
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- Defender (disambiguation)
- Biological defense (disambiguation)
- National defense (disambiguation)
- Protection (disambiguation)
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