different between defense vs surety

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.

English

Etymology

From Middle English surete, attested since the early 1300s in the sense "guarantee, promise, pledge, assurance", from Anglo-Norman seurté/Old French seurté with the same meaning (whence modern French sûreté), from Latin s?c?rit?s. Equivalent to sure +? -ty. The senses "security, safety, stability" and "certainy" are attested since the late 1300s. "One who undertakes to pay if another does not" is from the early 1400s. Doublet of security.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??????ti/, /??????ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?????ti/, /??????ti/

Noun

surety (countable and uncountable, plural sureties)

1. Certainty.

   • Know of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs.

   • For the more surety they looked round about.

2. That which makes sure; that which confirms; ground of confidence or security.
3. (law) A promise to pay a sum of money in the event that another person fails to fulfill an obligation.
4. (law) One who undertakes to pay money or perform other acts in the event that his principal fails therein.
5. A substitute; a hostage.
6. Evidence; confirmation; warrant.

Translations

See also

• guarantor
• surcharge
• surcharged
• indorsement

Anagrams

• Steury, tuyers