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Definition of Defencelessness
1. Noun. The property of being helpless in the face of attack.
Generic synonyms: Vulnerability
Derivative terms: Defenceless, Defenceless, Defenseless, Defenseless, Defenseless, Unprotected
Definition of Defencelessness
1. Noun. The state or condition of being defenceless. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Defencelessness
Literary usage of Defencelessness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treasury of English Prose edited by Logan Pearsall Smith (1920)
"defencelessness THERE 1S in nature nothing so contemptible, but it may meet with
us in such circumstances, that it may be too hard for us in our weaknesses; ..."
2. Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway (1879)
"... on the viper's head—Unique characters of the Serpent— The monkey's horror of
Snakes—The Serpent protected by superstition— Human defencelessness against ..."
3. Lectures on Man: His Place in Creation, and in the History of the Earth by Karl Christoph Vogt, James Hunt (1864)
"defencelessness.—Erect position.—Equilibrium of the Skull.—Free mobility of the
Anterior Extremities.—Formation of the Pelvis.—Proportions of several parts ..."
4. The Transvaal Trouble: How it Arose, Being an Extract from the Biography of by John Martineau (1900)
"Appointed to the Cape—Arrival at Capetown—President Burgers— defencelessness of
Capetown—Retrospect—Disintegration and Confederation—Condition of the ..."
5. National Defence: Articles and Speeches by Edward Bruce Hamley (1889)
"THE defencelessness OF LONDON. (THE "NINETEENTH CENTURY," MAY 1888.) THERE is no
need to describe for the inhabitants of London the consequences of the ..."
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