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DEFENCELESSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does defencelessness mean?
• DEFENCELESSNESS (noun)
The noun DEFENCELESSNESS has 1 sense:
1. the property of being helpless in the face of attack
Familiarity information: DEFENCELESSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of being helpless in the face of attack
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
defencelessness; defenselessness; unprotectedness
Hypernyms ("defencelessness" is a kind of...):
vulnerability (susceptibility to injury or attack)
Derivation:
defenceless (lacking weapons for self-defense)
defenceless (lacking protection or support)
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