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Defecator
- noun - a person who defecates
Defecting
- verb - desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot"
Defection
- noun - the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
- withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"
Defective
- adjective - Faulty
- having a defect; "I returned the appliance because it was defective"
- markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior; "defective speech"
- not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance"
Defectors
- noun - a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
Defendant
- noun - a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
Defenders
- noun - a fighter who holds out against attack
- a person who cares for persons or property
Defending
- verb - argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike"
- attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring
- be on the defensive; act against an attack
- be the defense counsel for someone in a trial; "Ms. Smith will represent the defendant"
- fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"
- protect against a challenge or attack; "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks"
- protect or fight for as a champion
- state or assert; "He maintained his innocence"
Defensive
- adjective - an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive')
- attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing
- intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack; "defensive weapons"; "a defensive stance"
Defensory
- - Tending to defend; defensive; as, defensory preparations.