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defencelessness

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Noun1.defencelessness - the property of being helpless in the face of attackdefencelessness - the property of being helpless in the face of attack
vulnerability - susceptibility to injury or attack
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defencelessness defenselessness (US) [dɪˈfenslɪsnɪs] Nindefensión f


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Rich and idle and ornamental societies must produce many more such situations; and there might even be one in which a woman naturally sensitive and aloof would yet, from the force of circumstances, from sheer defencelessness and loneliness, be drawn into a tie inexcusable by conventional standards.
 
 
 
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