| defamatory |
causing or tending to cause injury to another's reputation; libelous or slanderous. |
| defame |
to damage or destroy the reputation of (a person, group, or institution) by making unfavorable and unjust statements. [2 definitions] |
| default |
failure to take positive action; neglect. [14 definitions] |
| defeat |
to win a victory over; beat in a game, battle, or the like. [4 definitions] |
| defeatable |
combined form of defeat. |
| defeatism |
the tendency to expect defeat or accept defeat with resignation. |
| defeatist |
one who regards losing or failing as inevitable or accepts it with resignation. [2 definitions] |
| defecate |
to expel feces from the bowels. [2 definitions] |
| defect |
a flaw, error, or other imperfection. [3 definitions] |
| defection |
the act of deserting or renouncing loyalty to something to which one is supposed to be loyal, such as one's country, duty, religion, or party. [2 definitions] |
| defective |
having a flaw, error, or other imperfection. [2 definitions] |
| defence |
a spelling of defense used in Canada and Britain. See defense for more information. |
| defend |
to protect from harm, seizure, or intrusion; guard. [4 definitions] |
| defendable |
combined form of defend. |
| defendant |
one who is accused or sued in a court of law. (Cf. plaintiff.) [2 definitions] |
| defender |
someone who believes in and supports a person, plan, idea, or the like. [4 definitions] |
| defenestration |
the act of throwing someone or something out of a window. |
| defense |
the act of defending. [5 definitions] |
| defenseless |
combined form of defense. |
| defense mechanism |
in psychology, an unconscious process that submerges or opposes ideas or actions that would be painful or inappropriate. [2 definitions] |
| defensible |
capable of being defended or justified. |