Meanings
nounundefence (uncountable)
- uncountableAn undefended condition.
[…] thereby preventing, in all human probability, the massacre of hundreds of their fellow-countrymen, in a similar state of undefence.
1863, Edward Hitchcock, Reminiscences of Amherst College, page 2571 more example
"Since you insist, there is. There is the wad of the blank cartridge that you fired in the outbuilding." "Oh!" she exclaimed, in the moment of startled undefence, "how do you—how can you—"
1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados
Origin
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APA
undefence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undefence
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“undefence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undefence. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undefence,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undefence.
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