defenseless

Meanings

• lacking the ability to defend oneself

  - "The old woman was defenseless against the attackers."
  - "In the wild, young animals are defenseless until they learn to fend for themselves."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with defenseless
nauseous , pauseless , powerless , speechless , vaporless , wearisome , yawning

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Homophones

Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

1. defiance
   

2. deficit
   

3. defer
   

4. deferential
   

5. deferring
   

6. define
   

7. deflection
   

8. deflexion
   

9. deflation
   

10. deforestation
    

11. degrade
    

12. degradation
    

13. deity
    

14. delusion
    

15. delusive
    

16. denial
    

17. denigrate
    

18. denigration
    

19. dense
    

20. denseness
    

21. denuded
    

22. depart
    

23. departure
    

24. debark
    

25. debase
    

26. debasement
    

27. debenture
    

28. debunk
    

29. deburr
    

30. debilitate
    

31. debilitation
    

32. debonaire
    

33. debonair
    

34. deborah
    

35. deboss
    

36. debacle
    

37. debentured
    

38. debond
    

39. debilitate
    

40. debilitated
    

41. debilitating
    

42. debilitatingly
    

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Variants

List of all variants of defenseless that leads to same result
defense , defenseless , defenselessly , defenselessness , defenselessnesses , defenses

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

The word 'defenseless' comes from the Latin word 'defensus', which means 'protected, guarded, fortified'. The prefix 'in-' is added to denote the opposite, i.e., 'lacking protection, unguarded, unfortified'.

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