different between defease vs defense

English

Etymology

Back-formation from defeasance.

Verb

defease (third-person singular simple present defeases, present participle defeasing, simple past and past participle defeased)

1. To annul or render void a contract or stipulation; to abrogate.

Related terms

• defeasance
• defeasement

English

Alternative forms

• defence (British)

Etymology

From French défense, itself from Late Latin d?fensa (“protection”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /d??f?ns/
• (sports): (US, often) IPA^(key): /?di??f?ns/
• Rhymes: -?ns

Noun

defense (countable and uncountable, plural defenses) (American spelling)

1. The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
2. Anything employed to oppose attack(s).
   1. (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
   2. (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
3. An argument in support or justification of something.
   1. (law, by extension) The case presented by the defendant in a legal proceeding.
   2. (law, by extension) The lawyer or team thereof who presents such a case.
4. (government, military) Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.

   Department of Defense

5. (obsolete) A prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:defense

Antonyms

• offense

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /de??fen.se/, [d?e??f??s??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de?fen.se/, [d???f?ns?]

Participle

d?f?nse

1. vocative masculine singular of d?f?nsus

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?fense/, [d?e?f?n.se]

Verb

defense

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of defensar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of defensar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of defensar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of defensar.