meaning of defensive
1. Serving to defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed to offensive; as, defensive armor.
2. Carried on by resisting attack or aggression; -- opposed to offensive; as, defensive war.
3. In a state or posture of defense.
4. That which defends; a safeguard.
5. an attitude of defensiveness especially in the phrase `on the defensive
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