Translations: the word in the other languages
- Afrikaans: verdediging
- Amharic: የታዘዘ
- Arabic: الدفاع
- Azerbaijani: müdafiə
- Bashkir: оборона
- Belarusian: абароны
- Bulgarian: отбраната
- Bengali: প্রতিরক্ষা
- Bosnian: odbrana
- Catalan: defensa
- Cebuano: depensa
- Czech: obrana
- Welsh: defense
- Danish: forsvar
- German: Verteidigung
- Greek: άμυνα
- Esperanto: defendo
- Spanish: la defensa
- Estonian: riigikaitse
- Basque: defentsa
- Persian: دفاع
- Finnish: puolustus
- French: la défense
- Irish: defense
- Scottish Gaelic: thathar ag ràdh
- Galician: defensa
- Gujarati: સંરક્ષણ
- Hebrew: ההגנה
- Hindi: रक्षा
- Croatian: obrane
- Haitian: defans
- Hungarian: védelem
- Armenian: պաշտպանության
- Indonesian: pertahanan
- Icelandic: varnir
- Italian: difesa
- Japanese: 防衛
- Javanese: nimbali
- Georgian: თავდაცვის
- Kazakh: қорғаныс
- Khmer: ការពារ
- Kannada: ರಕ್ಷಣಾ
- Korean: defense
- Kyrgyz: коргоо
- Latin: defensio
- Luxembourgish: Verdeedegung
- Lao: ເທດ
- Lithuanian: gynyba
- Latvian: aizsardzība
- Malagasy: fiarovana
- Mari: обороно
- Maori: korero
- Macedonian: одбрана
- Malayalam: പ്രതിരോധ
- Mongolian: батлан хамгаалах
- Marathi: संरक्षण
- Hill Mari: обороны
- Malay: pertahanan
- Maltese: difiża
- Burmese: ကာကွယ်ရေး
- Nepali: रक्षा
- Dutch: verdediging
- Norwegian: forsvaret
- Punjabi: ਰੱਖਿਆ
- Papiamento: di defensa
- Polish: obrony
- Portuguese: defesa
- Romanian: apărare
- Russian: обороны
- Sinhalese: ආරක්ෂක
- Slovak: obrana
- Slovenian: obramba
- Albanian: mbrojtjes
- Serbian: одбрана
- Sundanese: pertahanan
- Swedish: försvar
- Swahili: ulinzi
- Tamil: பாதுகாப்பு
- Telugu: రక్షణ
- Tajik: мудофиаи
- Thai: ป้องกัน
- Tagalog: pagtatanggol
- Turkish: savunma
- Tatar: оборона
- Udmurt: обороная
- Ukrainian: оборони
- Urdu: دفاع
- Uzbek: mudofaa
- Vietnamese: quốc phòng
- Xhosa: nkqo ekukhuseleni ilungelo
- Yiddish: פאַרטיידיקונג
- Chinese: 防御
Synonyms, close and similar words for defense
- military
- military defense
- protection
- advocacy
- aegis
- dod
- military defence
- defence capacity
- defense capability
- defensibility
- defensive capacity
- guard
- security
- safeguard
- ward
- defense team
- defence mechanism
- justification
- vindication
- alibi
- apology
- shield
- armor
- buckler
- cover