Defense

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A plant's defence

The words defense or defence can refer to any of the following:

For defense of a doctoral dissertation see thesis committee
For the military term see defense (military)
Civil defense measures and emergency preparedness
In politics, defense may be a euphemism for war
For legal defense see defense (legal)
For defense in sport see defense (sport)

This disambiguation article uses the American English variant of the word. "Defense" is predominantly American English, while "defence" is used in all other English-speaking countries, similar to offence/offense. (See also: American and British English differences.)

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Defense

See also: Defense, American English, American and British English differences, Civil defense, Defense (legal), Defense (military), Defense (sport), Emergency preparedness, English language