Defence and Setting

Defence

Defence noun - The act of defending someone or something against attack or injury.

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Setting and defence are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Setting" instead a noun "Defence".

Setting noun - The circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded.

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Defence and setting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defence" instead a noun "Setting".

Nearby Words: set, settling, setter

good	good defence	good setting
high	high defence	high setting
low	low defence	low setting
normal	normal defence	normal setting
Other adjectives: natural, public, standard, initial, actual, entire, real, main, new, major, possible, military, highest, primary, lowest, magical.

Even in his interview, the detective almost desperately tries to coach him into setting up his defence, and when his dad arrives, they let him go and ultimately fail to file charges.

Source: Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!
Primal Fear seems to be setting up the defence lawyer with the prosecutor, and they do have romantic history, but they don't work it out by the end.

Source: No Romantic Resolution
Skaia's defence mechanism opens portals to Earth (or whatever planet the players in question come from) at various points in its history, in the process setting up some of the parameters of the game, including the players.

Source: Colony Drop

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