1. The act or the art of defending; that which defends; fortification; protection; vindication; the defendant's reply to the plaintiff's declaration, demands, or charges; a work that flanks another. Lines of defence, a series of fortified points so disposed as to form a continuous defence.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• definse,
• defensed,
• deffince,
• defesne,
• defnce,
• reffence,
• difence,
• defennd,
• defeance,
• defenate,
• defencies,
• affence,
• denunce,
• ofence,
• refernce,
• desencey,
• defensice,
• devece,
• defince,
• difense

• diphones,
• dovens,
• define,
• daffiness,
• deafness,
• diaphanous,
• dauphins,
• daphnes,
• devens,
• davanzo,
• taphians,
• tiffanies,
• diaphones,
• self-defence,
• divines,
• word-deafness,
• defines,
• missile-defense,
• defense-mechanism,
• tuvans,
• non-defense,
• daphoenus,
• tone-deafness,
• dowfness,
• difonzo,
• davinci,
• TFNZ,
• mind-deafness,
• Daphnis,
• diafanous,
• typhons,
• TYFNS,
• deviance,
• fence,
• defense,
• DWFNS,
• deface,
• lovey-doveyness,
• deffense,
• point-defence,
• tivenys,
• civil-defense,
• air-defense,
• defensio,
• defensible,
• deviancy,
• tiffins,
• davens,
• DAVINS,
• diaphonies,
• defensa,
• deafens,
• tvnz,
• pro-defense,
• defense-related,
• defense-attorney,
• deepness,
• air-defence,
• TEFANZ,
• mutual-defense,
• teevens,
• deveins,
• Dauphiness,
• toughens,
• divinus,
• typhoons,
• dauphines,
• criminal-defense,
• defunct,
• Daphnias,
• defiance,
• divinise,
• self-defense,
• Divinize,
• stone-deafness,
• devins,
• divans,
• defensive,
• defense-oriented,
• toughness,
• devons.

The adverb form of the word "defence" is "defensively".

The adjective form of the word "defence" is "defensive".

The plural of the "defence" can be the "defences".

The singular of the "defence" can be the "defence".