Defense 8989 219943166 2008-06-17T15:45:44Z Barkeep 3981679 fmt {{wiktionarypar|defense|defence}} '''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 {{disambig}} [[de:Verteidigung]] [[es:Defensa]] [[fr:Défense]] [[nl:Defensie]] [[ja:防御]] [[pt:Defesa]] [[sr:Одбрана]] [[tl:Depensa]] [[zh:防守]]