The phrase "absent defence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts to refer to a situation where a party does not present a defense in a case.
Example: "The court ruled in favor of the plaintiff due to the defendant's absent defence during the trial."
Alternatives: "lack of defense" or "no defense presented".
The vigilantes were absent, leaving the defence of Little Sparta to the "Dryads", statuettes of classical divinities dressed in modern camouflage.
It took four minutes of the second half for the fifth try to come, Ioane ambling over again, the Eagles' defence absent presumed flummoxed by backline feints behind another lineout maul.
Omeruo was subbed soon after his brace of errors and headed straight down the tunnel, while Keane could have had a second when his shot was saved by Dimi Konstantopoulos with the Boro defence absent.
Two villains of last year's fall-out Dominique de Villepin, fall-out Dominiqueign minister, andeDonald Rumsfeld, American defence secretary—were absent.
The President of the Ghana Football Association GFAA) has issued a strong defence of absent midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng.
Full-back Ben Blair was dragged down inches short of the line, but the Ulster defence was absent as Parks picked up and touched down in the corner.
The Spurs defence was absent as Snodgrass's deep centre found Holt, who nodded back to Anthony Pilkington, with the winger then showing excellent composure to pass to the well-placed Hoolahan.
After Cooney's early Ulster penalty, Rosko Specman's soaring catch and charge set up fly-half Blommetjies' try as the Cheetahs led 7-3 Bowere Bowe charged over at the other end with the opposition defence marked absent after Ludik's quick pass.
We are working on an initiative to develop a workable definition of the public interest for legal purposes and to review areas of legislation where public interest defences are absent or inadequate.
The Toulouse defence was marked absent as emerging centre McCloskey ran in the score that secured the bonus-point on 53 minutes before a vintage maul set up Henry's try as Toulouse wasted late chances to at least get on the scoreboard.
