Scrabble?! DEFENSES

Definitions of DEFENSES in various dictionaries:

noun - (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies

noun - protection from harm

noun - (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring

noun - the justification for some act or belief

noun - (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

noun - the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States

noun - the defendant and his legal advisors collectively

noun - the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions

noun - an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack

noun - a structure used to defend against attack

noun - a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him

noun - the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury

verb - to guard against a specific attack