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defensive
adjective
- defending
- of or for defense
- designating or of the side that defends a goal, basket, etc. in a contest
- Psychol. constantly feeling under attack and hence quick to justify one's actions
noun
- Obsolete something that defends
- a position of defense: chiefly in the phrase , in a condition of resisting or being ready to resist attack or danger
Related Forms:
- defensively adverb
- defensiveness noun
See defensive in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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