defencelessness BrE
defenselessness AmE

The fear, the defencelessness of the girls you abuse?

He stepped back for a moment, savouring her exposed defencelessness.

In particular the essential defencelessness of Allied reconnaissance types was exposed.

I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the defencelessness of some Member States even exceeds this severe level.

Her very defencelessness should have been her protection.

But her defencelessness pierced him with remorse.

His expression lost its sweet and sorry defencelessness and took on a vicious, blustering look.

The patient in the operating theatre, naked, her legs parted, is a graphic reminder of female defencelessness.

"Defencelessness is not a noted characteristic of serpents.

Many people are worried that the creation of the pipeline will increase not security of supply for the continent but our defencelessness against Russia.

On 15 September, I condemned the risky situation and the helplessness and defencelessness of these workers.

You naturally associate babies with defencelessness.

He was on the verge of obeying and getting the whole silly business over, when the defencelessness of the figure deterred him.

The defencelessness of those working to promote the Basque language and culture clearly shows the authoritarian character of the so-called young Spanish democracy.

With that backdrop of hair the small round shoulders gained in defencelessness and pallor - but come on, the Isles was no place for local contrasts.

Stevie was weeping openly now, her shoulders hunched, that air of invulnerable competence shattered by her sudden defencelessness.

Even though brutality used towards the young, by reason of their defencelessness, provoked greater anger and greater pity, it was still true that they were resilient.

Despite sloths' apparent defencelessness, predators do not pose special problems: sloths blend in with the trees and, moving only slowly, do not attract attention.

Moved for the first time to imagine how it felt to exchange an oblivion so passionately wanted for such an extremity of defencelessness, Culter dealt with him wisely.

Sitting in his only arm-chair he saw a slim and fragile being masquerading as himself on a Sunday, so pathetic in her defencelessness that his heart felt big with the sense of it.

In the financial industry, for example, information security analysts might continually upgrade firewalls that prohibit superfluous access to sensitive business data and might perform defencelessness tests to assess the effectiveness of security measures.

This absence on one hand transformed the King in a remote ideal of Justice, whilst in the other affirmed the sensation of impunity and defencelessness among the inhabitants of the Kingdom.

The delicious sensation of defencelessness served so effectively to heighten such an experience, she well knew and Zoe began to contemplate how she might persuade the man to bind her own wrists, when it was her turn.

"On the other hand, Spacedep has given me reason to suspect that the Gringg assurances of good faith and their appearance of defencelessness - as far as their vessel goes could very well be false.

When the words came, there was a defenselessness about them that made him wince.

They cannot complain of a defenselessness which is their own choice."

Where was the fragility, the defenselessness that had terrified him?

For all the tough talk, the images on the television news tonight seemed to underscore the nation's defenselessness.

As she spoke Eric's pity for his mother's defenselessness turned to rage.

From that source arose both his power and his defenselessness.

That realization of their defenselessness would have psychological effects.

They are almost never found in an open sea, most likely because of the lack of food and relative defenselessness.

Now the naked defenselessness of the place, their lack of weapons, hit him like a physical blow.

Defenselessness is a completely different rule with different criteria.

Furious at her defenselessness against this thing, she touched the glass where the being had touched it.

You are afraid to die, afraid of the complete defenselessness to laughter that death will bring.

Only using the defenselessness is not enough.

Bile rose in her throat as she once again realized her defenselessness.

Not relief from defenselessness, rather relief that the weapon had been handed to him.

Lands had no intention of being deceived by an illusion of defenselessness.

That means more delay and extended defenselessness.

"Well, the king was concerned about the defenselessness of the traders here; he sailed on trade-ships once himself.

His smug, hateful expression told Bonnie he reveled in her defenselessness.

Shef stood up straight, spread his arms wide in token of defenselessness.

A woman murdered in her own home, her own bed, a victim of sexual freedom and defenselessness.

There were times when, paradoxically, defenselessness was the best strategy; unfortunately, the present situation- or what it had become for Kira- wasn't one of them.

It's foolish to condemn popular music when bands expressing sensitivity and even defenselessness in the face of love continue to capture the public's fancy.

It was their utter defenselessness and the accuracy of many of the attacks that broke their spirit.

There are all sorts of weird ambiguities to sort through here, but the main subject seems to be enthrallment and the defenselessness it causes.