Vocabulary : Defectuosity to Defender
Defectuosity : Great imperfection.Defectuous : Full of defects; imperfect.
Defedation : The act of making foul; pollution.
Defence : See Defense. ;; The act of defending, or the state of being defended; protection, as from violence or danger. ;; That which defends or protects; anything employed to oppose attack, ward off violence or danger, or maintain security; a guard; a protection. ;; Protecting plea; vindication; justification. ;; The defendant's answer or plea; an opposing or denial of the truth or validity of the plaintiff's or prosecutor's case; the method of proceeding adopted by the defendant to protect himself against the plaintiff's action. ;; Act or skill in making defense; defensive plan or policy; practice in self defense, as in fencing, boxing, etc. ;; Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
Defend : To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel. ;; To prohibit; to forbid. ;; To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against; attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend a town; to defend a cause; to defend character; to defend the absent; -- sometimes followed by from or against; as, to defend one's self from, or against, one's enemies. ;; To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit.
