Intended or appropriate for defending; protective, Performed so as to minimise risk, attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing, noun_ an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive'), A means, attitude or position of defense,

(physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation

the site of the royal residence and the de facto capital in the western part of the Netherlands; seat of the International Court of Justice

resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible