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defensive

 
Adjective defensive has 3 senses
  1. defensive - intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack; "defensive weapons"; "a defensive stance"
    Antonyms:
    offensive, antipersonnel, assaultive, attacking, hit-and-run, tip-and-run, incursive, invading, invasive, marauding, predatory, raiding, on the offensive
  2. defensive, justificative, justificatory - attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing
    Antonym: unapologetic (indirect, via apologetic)
  3. defensive - serving as or appropriate for defending or protecting; "defensive fortifications"; "defensive dikes to protect against floods"
    Antonym:
    unprotective (indirect, via protective)
Noun defensive has 1 sense
  1. defensive, defensive attitude - an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive')
    --1 is a kind of attitude, mental attitude
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