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'''Defense''' or '''defence''' (see [[American and British English spelling differences#-ce.2C -se|-ce/-se]]) may refer to:
The '''tactics''' and '''strategy''' of defending against attack:
* [[Defense (military)]]
* [[Defense (sport)]]
** [[Defender (football)]], a specialist defensive player in [[association football]]
** [[Defenceman (ice hockey)]], a specialist defensive player in [[ice hockey]]
* a [[Chess opening]] as created in reply by Black
* [[Defense (legal)]]
* [[Self-defense]]
* [[Civil defense]]
In '''politics''' and '''economics''':
* [[National security]]
** [[Defense minister]]
* [[International security]]
* The [[defense industry]]
** [[Defense contractor]], a company that provides defense-related services
Concepts in '''law''':
* [[Right of self-defense|Self-defense (theory)]]
* [[Defense of property]]
In '''psychology''':
* [[Defence mechanism]]
It may also refer to:
* A euphemism for [[war]] or the [[military]]
* Defense of a doctoral thesis, also called viva voce; see [[Thesis committee]]
* [[La Défense]], a business district in [[Paris]]
* The [[Grande Arche]], commonly known as Arche de la Défense, a monument in the Parisian district of the same name
* [[DeFence|'DeFence']], an [[interactive]] [[conceptual art]] project for freedom of cohabitation
* The [[Haganah]] (in Hebrew: "The Defence"), a paramilitary organization in British Palestine
* [[Tower defense]], a genre of [[video game]]
* The pharmaceutical [[Cimetidine]], used for treating gastric ulcers
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[[de:Verteidigung]]
[[es:Defensa]]
[[fr:Défense]]
[[nl:Defensie]]
[[ja:防御]]
[[pt:Defesa]]
[[sr:Одбрана]]
[[tl:Depensa]]
[[zh:防守]]