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Catalan
Verb
defensi
- inflection of defensar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch defensie, from Middle Dutch defensie, from Latin dēfensiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈfɛnsi/
- Hyphenation: dé‧fèn‧si
- Rhymes: -si, -i
Noun
défènsi (plural defensi-defensi, first-person possessive defensiku, second-person possessive defensimu, third-person possessive defensinya)
- defence, defense:
- (military) the action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.
- Synonym: pembelaan
- (psychology) an unconscious psychological operation that functions to protect a person from anxiety-producing thoughts and feelings related to internal conflicts and outer stressors
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Latin
Participle
dēfēnsī
- inflection of dēfēnsus:
- nominative/vocative masculine plural
- genitive masculine/neuter singular