warding
Deflecting potential threats
Warding is the act of guarding, protecting, or defending against harm or danger.
The term appears most commonly in fantasy gaming and fiction, where it refers to magical protection—placing wards or protective spells on a person, object, or location to repel evil or unwanted intrusion.
Outside these contexts, warding survives mainly in the phrase warding off, meaning to deflect or keep something undesirable at bay: She made a gesture as if warding off bad luck.
Worn protective token
- talismanMagical protective charm
- charmAttractive personal quality
- hexMalevolent incantation
- curseInvoked harm through words
spell · enchantment · protection spell · sigil · rune · glyph · incantation · ritual
Handheld defensive armor
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- bulwarkDefensive fortification or safeguard
- rampartFortified defensive wall
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
barricade · parry · deflection · block · repel · fend · armor · aegis
amulet
Worn protective token
curse · spell · enchantment · protection spell · sigil · rune · glyph · incantation · ritual · occult
shield
Handheld defensive armor
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- bulwarkDefensive fortification or safeguard
- rampartFortified defensive wall
fortification · barricade · parry · deflection · block · repel · fend · armor · aegis · buckler
sentry
Guard on duty
lookout · keeper · custodian · guard · vigil · watch · caretaker · protector · defender · night watch
boundary
Line marking a limit
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
- borderOuter edge or limit
enclosure · fence · partition · zone · threshold · marking · claim · domain · turf · territory
- magicwizard, wand, sorcerer, witchcraft, mage
- defensedefense, defending, protecting, protection, security
- witchcraftwitch, spell, spellwork, witches, spells
- magical effectsinvisibility, teleportation, levitation, enchantment, hex
- spellsspell, cast, conjure, curse, enchantment
- arcanagrimoire, spellbook, incantation, enchantment, arcanum
wardinginviting
Attractively appealing
welcoming · attracting · summoning · drawing in · permitting
wardingwelcoming
Receiving others warmly
accepting · admitting · receiving · including · incorporating
wardingwelcoming
Receiving others warmly
inviting · encouraging · beckoning · hospitable · friendly
- warding offActively preventing approach
forward, reward, backward, ward, upward, warden, backwards, rewards, steward