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Noun: defenselessness  du'fens-lus-nus
Usage: US (=defencelessness)
  1. The property of being helpless in the face of attack
    - defencelessness [Brit, Cdn], unprotectedness

Derived forms: defenselessnesses

See also: defenseless [US]

Type of: vulnerability

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