defence
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From Middle English defens, defense, from Old French defens, defense, from Late Latin dēfēnsa (“protection”). Displaced native Old English bewering.
defence (countable and uncountable, plural defences) (British spelling)
The noun spelling is mainly used in the UK, Australia, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand; defense is more commonly used in the USA.
From Middle English defencen, defensen, from Old French defenser[1] or its etymon, Latin dēfēnsō.[2]
defence (third-person singular simple present defences, present participle defencing, simple past and past participle defenced)
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