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Noun: defencelessness  di'fen(t)s-lus-nus
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: defenselessness)
  1. The property of being helpless in the face of attack
    "The small nation's defencelessness made it an easy target for invasion";
    - defenselessness [US], unprotectedness

Type of: vulnerability