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Excuses For The Respect The Queens Lost Crossword Clue

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99%7Exact Match!
noun

• (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

• (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring

• the defendant and his legal advisors collectively

• an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack

• the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions

• the justification for some act or belief

• a structure used to defend against attack

• a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him

• (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies

• protection from harm

• the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury

40%6Excuses, excuses
noun

• (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question

• a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

verb

• exonerate by means of an alibi

33%9Respect some hesitation in one's excuses, perhaps
noun

• a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard

• courteous regard for people's feelings

• a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others

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The Guardian Cryptic25 Aug 2005 Down 8
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