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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | armament; protection system |
| Synonyms: | aegis, armor, arms, barricade, bastille, bastion, bulwark, buttress, citadel, cover, deterrence, dike, embankment, fastness, fence, fort, fortification, fortress, garrison, guard, immunity, munitions, palisade, parapet, position, protection, rampart, redoubt, resistance, safeguard, security, shelter, shield, stockade, stronghold, trench, wall, ward, warfare, weaponry, weapons |
| Antonyms: | desertion, flight, surrender |
| Main Entry: | escape mechanism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strategy to avoid unpleasant realities |
| Synonyms: | avoidance reaction, bunker atmosphere, bunker mentality, defense mechanism, defenses, ego defenses, negative taxis, negative tropism, psychological defenses |
| Main Entry: | advocacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support for an idea or cause |
| Synonyms: | advancement, aid, assistance, backing, campaigning for, championing, defense, encouragement, justification, pleading for, promotion, promulgation, propagation, proposal, recommendation, upholding, urging |
| Antonyms: | attack, opposition, protest |
| Main Entry: | anchor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something used to hold another thing securely |
| Synonyms: | ballast, bower, comfort, defense, fastener, foothold, grapnel, grappling iron, grip, hold, hook, kedge, mainstay, mooring, mud hook, pillar, protection, safeguard, security, staff, stay, support |
| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reply; reaction |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, antiphon, back talk, backcap, band-aid, close, comeback, comment, cooler, counterclaim, crack, defense, disclosure, echo, elucidation, explanation, feedback, guff, interpretation, justification, key, lip, observation, parting shot, pay dirt, plea, quick fix, rebuttal, refutation, rejoinder, remark, repartee, report, resolution, response, result, retort, return, rhetorical question, riposte, sign, solution, statement, thank-you note, the ticket, topper, vindication, wisecrack |
| Notes: | an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question |
| Antonyms: | question |
| Main Entry: | apology |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offering of remorse, regret |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, admission, amends, atonement, concession, confession, defense, excuse, explanation, extenuation, justification, mea culpa, mitigation, plea, redress, reparation, vindication |
| Antonyms: | accusation, censure, charge, complaint, condemnation, criticism, defiance, indictment |
| Main Entry: | argument |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | effort to convince; presentation of support |
| Synonyms: | argumentation, assertion, case, claim, contention, debate, defense, discussion, exchange, expostulation, grounds, line of reasoning, logic, plea, pleading, polemic, proof, questioning, reason, reasoning, remonstrance, remonstration |
| Main Entry: | armament(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weapon(s) |
| Synonyms: | ammunition, arms, defense, gun, hardware, heat*, material, materiel, munitions, ordnance, protection, security, weaponry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | armor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protective covering, often made of metal |
| Synonyms: | bulletproof vest, defense, guard, mail, plate, protection, security, sheath, shield |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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