| defeat | (noun) an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest | Synonyms: licking |
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| (noun) the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals | Synonyms: frustration |
| defeated | (noun) people who are defeated | Synonyms: discomfited |
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| defeatism | (noun) acceptance of the inevitability of defeat | - |
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| defeatist | (noun) someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions | Synonyms: negativist |
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| defecation | (noun) the elimination of fecal waste through the anus | Synonyms: laxation, shitting |
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| defecator | (noun) (obsolete) that which cleanses or purifies; especially, an apparatus for removing the feculencies of juices and syrups. | - |
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| (noun) a person who defecates | Synonyms: shitter, voider |
| defect | (noun) a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) | Synonyms: blemish, mar |
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| (noun) a failing or deficiency | Synonyms: shortcoming |
| (noun) an imperfection in an object or machine | Synonyms: fault, flaw |
| (noun) an imperfection in a bodily system | - |
| defection | (noun) withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility | Synonyms: abandonment, desertion |
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| (noun) the state of having rejected your religious beliefs for your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) | Synonyms: apostasy, renunciation |
| defectiveness | (noun) the state of being defective | Synonyms: faultiness |
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| defector | (noun) a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) | Synonyms: deserter |
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| defence | (noun) (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies | Synonyms: defense, defensive measure |
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| (noun) the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury | Synonyms: defense |
| (noun) a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him | Synonyms: defense, demurrer, denial |
| (noun) protection from harm | Synonyms: defense |
| (noun) a structure used to defend against attack | Synonyms: defense, defensive structure |
| (noun) the justification for some act or belief | Synonyms: defense, vindication |
| (noun) the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions | Synonyms: defense, refutation |
| (noun) the defendant and his legal advisors collectively | Synonyms: defense, defense lawyers, defense team |
| (noun) (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring | Synonyms: defending team, defense |
| (noun) an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack | Synonyms: defence force, defense, defense force |
| (noun) (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Synonyms: defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction |
| defencelessness | (noun) the property of being helpless in the face of attack | Synonyms: defenselessness, unprotectedness |
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| defendant | (noun) a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused | Synonyms: suspect |
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| defender | (noun) a person who cares for persons or property | Synonyms: guardian, protector, shielder |
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| (noun) a fighter who holds out against attack | Synonyms: withstander |
| defenestration | (noun) the act of throwing someone or something out of a window | - |
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| defense | (noun) (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies | Synonyms: defence, defensive measure |
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| (noun) the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury | Synonyms: defence |
| (noun) a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him | Synonyms: defence, demurrer, denial |
| (noun) protection from harm | Synonyms: defence |
| (noun) a structure used to defend against attack | Synonyms: defence, defensive structure |
| (noun) the justification for some act or belief | Synonyms: defence, vindication |
| (noun) the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions | Synonyms: defence, refutation |
| (noun) the defendant and his legal advisors collectively | Synonyms: defence, defense lawyers, defense team |
| (noun) (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring | Synonyms: defence, defending team |
| (noun) an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack | Synonyms: defence, defence force, defense force |
| (noun) (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Synonyms: defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense mechanism, defense reaction |
| defenselessness | (noun) the property of being helpless in the face of attack | Synonyms: defencelessness, unprotectedness |
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| defensibility | (noun) capability of being defended | - |
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| defensive | (noun) an attitude of defensiveness | Synonyms: defensive attitude |
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| defensiveness | (noun) excessive sensitivity to criticism | - |
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| deference | (noun) a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard | Synonyms: respect |
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| (noun) a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others | Synonyms: complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness |
| (noun) courteous regard for people's feelings | Synonyms: respect, respectfulness |
| deferment | (noun) act of putting off to a future time | Synonyms: deferral, postponement |
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| deferral | (noun) act of putting off to a future time | Synonyms: deferment, postponement |
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| (noun) a state of abeyance or suspended business | Synonyms: recess |
| defervescence | (noun) abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature | - |
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