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undefence

undefence noun: an undefended condition.

Noun

undefence (uncountable)

  1. An undefended condition.
    • […] thereby preventing, in all human probability, the massacre of hundreds of their fellow-countrymen, in a similar state of undefence.1863, Edward Hitchcock, Reminiscences of Amherst College, page 257
    • "Since you insist, there is. There is the wad of the blank cartridge that you fired in the outbuilding."
      "Oh!" she exclaimed, in the moment of startled undefence, "how do you—how can you—"1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados

Origin of undefence

un- + defence

Questions about undefence

What does undefence mean?
Undefence means an undefended condition.
What part of speech is undefence?
Undefence is a noun.

Words near undefence in the dictionary

  1. undefeatedness
  2. undefecated
  3. undefectible
  4. undefective
  5. undefectiveness
  6. undefence
  7. undefenced
  8. undefendability
  9. undefendable
  10. undefendably
  11. undefended

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