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Delinquent :: Delinquent (n.) Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.

Barbacan :: Barbacan (n.) A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own..

Self-defense :: Self-defense (n.) The act of defending one's own person, property, or reputation..

Self-defensive :: Self-defensive (a.) Defending, or tending to defend, one's own person, property, or reputation..

Flank :: Flank (n.) That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along the outside of its parapet..

Defending :: Defending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defen.

Antemural :: Antemural (n.) An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front of the gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance..

Embankment :: Embankment (n.) The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.

Apologetical :: Apologetical (a.) Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; as, an apologetic essay..

Impertinent :: Impertinent (a.) Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety or good breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude, unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as, an impertient coxcomb; an impertient remark..

Offence :: Offence (n.) The act of offending in any sense; esp., a crime or a sin, an affront or an injury..

Deterge :: Deterge (v. t.) To cleanse; to purge away, as foul or offending matter from the body, or from an ulcer..

Muniment :: Muniment (n.) The act of supporting or defending.

Fending :: Fending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fen.

Fulsome :: Fulsome (a.) Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery..

Prophylactical :: Prophylactical (a.) Defending or preserving from disease; preventive.

Scrupulous :: Scrupulous (a.) Full ofscrupules; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing wrong..

Stump :: Stump (n.) To put (a batsman) out of play by knocking off the bail, or knocking down the stumps of the wicket he is defending while he is off his allotted ground; -- sometimes with out..

Gorget :: Gorget (n.) A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of the breast, and forming a part of the double breastplate of the 14th century..

Defence :: Defence (n.) The act of defending, or the state of being defended; protection, as from violence or danger..

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