### Question
What does affirmative defense mean?


### Answer
**Affirmative defense** has the following meaning in *10 U.S.C. § 920*:

> any special defense which, although not denying that the accused committed the objective acts constituting the offense charged, denies, wholly, or partially, criminal responsibility for those acts

#### Citation:
  - *10 U.S.C. § 920*
  - Heading: **Subtitle A-General Military Law > PART II-PERSONNEL > CHAPTER 47-UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE > SUBCHAPTER X-PUNITIVE ARTICLES**

