CommonParlance
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Ordinary-language usages. Seeded from the Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025, CC BY 4.0.
Context admission
Admitted. Context admission is separate from purpose assessments and factual verdicts.
Why maintain this knowledge?
No justification recorded. This does not mean the knowledge is unjustified; no applicable assessment has been adopted.
Particular uses
These assessments concern specific investigations, audiences, or applications. They do not replace the default justification or authorize other uses.
No particular uses recorded here.
Review or propose an assessment
Purpose authoring is optional. Propose a more specific default or a particular use only when there is something more specific to say. Each proposal includes its scope and reasoning in one market.
Purpose assessments are separate from factual reasoning and context admission. A missing or denied purpose does not change a factual verdict or prevent context creation.
Child contexts
- Science Proposed
Terms in this context
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defence system in CommonParlance
- definition the weaponry available for the defense of a region
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defenceless in CommonParlance
- definition lacking protection or support
- definition lacking weapons for self-defense
- definition without defense
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defencelessly in CommonParlance
- definition without defense
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defencelessness in CommonParlance
- definition the property of being helpless in the face of attack
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defend in CommonParlance
- definition argue or speak in defense of
- definition be on the defensive; act against an attack
- definition protect against a challenge or attack
- definition fight against or resist strongly
- definition protect or fight for as a champion
- definition be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
- definition state or assert
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defendable in CommonParlance
- definition capable of being defended
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defendant in CommonParlance
- definition a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
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defender in CommonParlance
- definition a person who cares for persons or property
- definition a fighter who holds out against attack
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defending in CommonParlance
- definition attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring
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defending team in CommonParlance
- definition (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
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defenestrate in CommonParlance
- definition throw through or out of the window
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defenestration in CommonParlance
- definition the act of throwing someone or something out of a window
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defense in CommonParlance
- definition (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- definition protection from harm
- definition (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- definition the justification for some act or belief
- definition (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
- definition the defendant and their legal advisors collectively
- definition the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- definition an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- definition a structure used to defend against attack
- definition a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against them
- definition the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
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defense attorney in CommonParlance
- definition the lawyer representing the defendant
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defense contractor in CommonParlance
- definition a contractor concerned with the development and manufacture of systems of defense
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defense force in CommonParlance
- definition an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
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defense laboratory in CommonParlance
- definition a laboratory devoted to research and development for national defense
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defense lawyer in CommonParlance
- definition the lawyer representing the defendant
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defense lawyers in CommonParlance
- definition the defendant and their legal advisors collectively
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defense mechanism in CommonParlance
- definition (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
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defense policy in CommonParlance
- definition a program for defending a country against its enemies
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defense program in CommonParlance
- definition a program for defending a country against its enemies
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defense reaction in CommonParlance
- definition (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
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defense secretary in CommonParlance
- definition the person who holds the secretaryship of the Defense Department
- definition the position of the head of the Department of Defense
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defense system in CommonParlance
- definition the weaponry available for the defense of a region