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Am I the only one who thinks that the misspelling of the "defense" is becoming epidemic lately? When I see it spelled "defence" I keep thinking of defeet of deduck went over defence before detail. Then, I have a hard time concentrating on the rest of the article.

Ummm actually over here on the other side of the pond defence IS the proper spelling, but we Brits are so easy going over language that we accept your spelling too.....

defence :US, defense [dɪˈfɛns]
n
1. resistance against danger, attack, or harm; protection
2. a person or thing that provides such resistance
3. a plea, essay, speech, etc., in support of something; vindication; justification
4. (Military)
a. a country's military measures or resources
b. (as modifier) defence spending
5. (Law) Law a defendant's denial of the truth of the allegations or charge against him
6. (Law) Law the defendant and his legal advisers collectively Compare prosecution
7. (General Sporting Terms) Sport
a. the action of protecting oneself, one's goal, or one's allotted part of the playing area against an opponent's attacks
b. the method of doing this
c. (usually preceded by the) the players in a team whose function is to do this
8. (Team Sports / American Football) American football (usually preceded by the)
a. the team that does not have possession of the ball
b. the members of a team that play in such circumstances
9. (Psychoanalysis) Psychoanal See defence mechanism
10. (Military / Fortifications) (plural) fortifications
[from Old French, from Late Latin dēfensum, past participle of dēfendere to defend]
defenceless US, defenseless adj
defencelessly US, defenselessly adv
defencelessness US, defenselessness n

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