Usually means: Protection or defense; defensive structure.
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  1. defensory: Merriam-Webster
  2. defensory: Wordnik
  3. defensory: Wiktionary
  4. Defensory: Dictionary.com
  5. Defensory: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. defensory: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Defensory: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. defensory: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Defensory: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (defensory)

▸ adjective:  (archaic) Tending to defend; defensive.
▸ noun:  (archaic) That which defends.

Similar:
defensive, self-defensive, offensive, self-protective, deflectional, forensic, protectional, cyberdefensive, protectoral, tutelary, more...

Opposite:
offensive, attacking, aggressive

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Similar:
defensive, self-defensive, offensive, self-protective, deflectional, forensic, protectional, cyberdefensive, protectoral, tutelary, more...

Opposite:
offensive, attacking, aggressive



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