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The words defense (AmE) or defence (CwE) can refer to any of the following:

• For defense of a doctoral dissertation see thesis committee
• For the military term see defense (military)
• Civil defense measures and emergency preparedness
• In politics, defense may be a euphemism for war
• For defense against prosecution and liability see defense (legal)
• For defense against an attacker:
  • see self-defense
  • as a legal justification, see self defense and defense of others, defense of property
• For defense in sport see defense (sport)

This disambiguation article uses the American English variant of the word. Defense is predominantly American English, while defence is used in the other English-speaking countries, similar to offence/offense. (See also: American and British English differences.)