Exoneration vs Defense - What's the difference?
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An act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation
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(uncountable) The state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.
(en noun) (US)
The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
Anything employed to oppose attack(s).
# A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
# The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
An argument in support or justification of something.
Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
* Sir W. Temple
As nouns the difference between exoneration and defense
is that exoneration is exoneration while defense is defence (action of defending or protecting from attack, danger or injury, or any means for that purpose).exoneration
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Alternative forms
* defence (British)Noun
- Department of Defense
- Severe defenses against wearing any linen under a certain breadth.