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adj. Intended or appropriate for defending; protective.

adj. Intended to withstand or deter aggression or attack: a defensive weapons system; defensive behavior.

adj. Of or relating to the effort to prevent an opponent from gaining points in a game or athletic contest.

adj. Performed so as to avoid risk, danger, or legal liability: defensive driving; defensive medicine,

adj. Of or relating to defense.

adj. Psychology Constantly protecting oneself from criticism, exposure of one's shortcomings, or other real or perceived threats to the ego.

n. A means of defense.

n. An attitude or position of defense.

idiom. on the defensive Prepared to withstand or counter aggression or attack.

adj. Intended for defence; protective

adj. Intended to deter attack

adj. Performed so as to minimise risk

adj. Displaying an inordinate sensitivity to criticism; compare paranoid

adj. Of a bowling or fielding tactic designed to prevent the other side from scoring runs.; of a batting tactic designed to prevent being out.

adj. pertaining to defense, as opposed to attack.

n. A means, attitude or position of defense.

adj. Serving to defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed to offensive.

adj. Carried on by resisting attack or aggression; -- opposed to offensive.

adj. In a state or posture of defense.

n. That which defends; a safeguard.

Serving to defend; proper for defense: as, defensive armor.

Of the nature of defense; consisting in resisting attack or aggression: as, defensive war, in distinction from offensive war, which is aggressive.

In a state or posture to defend: as, a defensive attitude.

n. That which defends or serves for defense; a safeguard; a security.

adj. intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack

adj. attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing

n. an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive')

""No toughness, no championship," he said, repeating one of his go-to tenets—and the phrase defensive end Justin Tuck whispered to his should've-been-hobbled coach that Christmas Eve night when the up-and-down Giants finally seemed to find themselves."

defending    antitank    antisubmarine    anti-aircraft    en garde    excusatory    apologetic    to stand on the defensive   

attitude    mental attitude   

the defensive    defensive allegation    to be on the defensive   

on the defensive   

safeguard   

apprehensive    comprehensive    counteroffensive    expensive    extensive    hypertensive    inexpensive    inoffensive    intensive    offensive   

tactical    military    offensive    protective    critical