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Exoneration vs Defense - What's the difference?

exoneration | defense |

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

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • defense

    English

    Alternative forms

    * defence (British)

    Noun

  • (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.
  • Department of Defense
  • Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
  • * Sir W. Temple
  • Severe defenses against wearing any linen under a certain breadth.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * offense

    Derived terms

    * antidefense * ecodefense * Nuremberg defense * defensive * defensiveness * defensive scheme * defensive system