Defense

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Defense or defence may refer to:

Tactics and strategy

• Defense (military)
• Self-defense, the use of force to defend oneself
• Civil defense, the organizing of civilians to deal with enemy attacks

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

Politics and economics

• National security
  • Defence diplomacy
  • Defence minister
  • Ministry of Defence
• International security
• Defense industry
  • Defense contractor

Concepts in law

• Defense (legal)
• Defence of property
• Right of self-defense

Other uses

• Defense of a doctoral thesis, also called viva voce; see dissertation
• HMS Defence, Royal Navy ships of this name
• La Défense, a business district in Paris
  • The Grande Arche, commonly known as Arche de la Défense, near Paris
• DeFence, an art project
• Haganah (Hebrew for "The Defence"), a paramilitary organization in British Palestine
• Defence mechanisms, in psychology
• A chess opening by Black

See also

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