In sport, defense (American English) and defence (British English and Canadian English) is the action of preventing an opponent from scoring. The term may also refer to the tactics involved in defense, or a sub-team whose primary responsibility is defense.
Example Usage of Defense
Serbia: German minister defends Afghan airstrike reaction #b92: Germany's former Defense and current labor minister defende... http://bit.ly/6D3nVV
Dragonhammer777: but in my Defense i have been doing other things. like trying to ascertain the status of inFAMOUS 2. because i own BOTH consoles, bitches!
veraleigh: @leolastimosa is right, Gibo should have disarmed Ampatuan army when he was still Defense Secretary... why mobilize just now? HAY NAKU!!!