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

Type of: vulnerability