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Antonyms:
assail,
attack,
prosecute
Often used in the same context:
assert,
protect,
safeguard,
vindicate,
reclaim,
uphold,
fend,
reassert,
retaliate,
repel,
fight,
enforce,
compete,
criticize,
fortify,
condemn,
retain,
confront,
annihilate,
usurp,
deny,
prosecute,
depose,
repulse,
destroy,
deprive,
incriminate,
arrogate,
denounce,
shield,
reprove,
thwart,
restrain,
punish,
attacking,
refute,
nullify,
preserve,
maintain,
renounce,
justify,
repudiate,
regain,
encroach upon,
seize,
prove,
trample,
respond,
disavow,
outflank,
litigate,
challenged,
concede,
topple,
vilify,
secure,
resist,
regroup,
inoculate,
proclaim,
subjugate,
denigrate,
gird,
crucify,
avenge,
unhorse,
besmirch,
affirm,
wrest,
intervene,
aggressed,
dethrone,
outthink,
embarrass,
exonerate,
intimidate,
refind,
recover,
outfight,
argue,
overawe,
rebut,
abrogate,
contend,
execute,
uproot,
liberate,
perjure,
pursue,
shirk,
claim,
legislate,
overextend,
recommit,
invade,
declare,
steamroll,
reaffirm,
slander,
bolster,
reeducate,
prepare,
inviolable,
abfolute,
anarchic,
dividual,
endangered,
forfeited,
inalienable,
indefeasible,
inviolate,
lectual,
lockean,
noumenal,
rediscovered,
rightful,
true,
unadulterated,
unfettered,
untrammeled,
vidual
More specific:
apologise,
apologize,
arrest,
bulwark,
check,
contain,
drive back,
drive off,
excuse,
fight off,
hold back,
hold out,
justify,
protect,
rationalize,
rebuff,
repel,
repulse,
resist,
stand,
stand firm,
stand up,
stop,
turn back,
uphold,
ward off,
withstand
Appears in the definition of:
ammunition,
amphictyony,
apologise,
apologist,
apologize,
augsburg confession,
bulwark,
calling into question,
combat mission,
cover,
defensive,
demand for explanation,
excuse,
fight back,
hannibal,
home guard,
jesuit order,
justificative,
justificatory,
justifier,
justify,
line of defence,
line of defense,
militarism,
rationalise,
rationalize,
society of jesus,
stand up,
stick up,
vindicate,
vindicator,
vouch,
vouchee,
vouch in
More general:
affirm,
argue,
back,
endorse,
fight,
plump for,
plunk for,
protect,
reason,
struggle,
support
Synonyms:
champion,
fend for,
fight,
fight back,
fight down,
guard,
hold,
maintain,
oppose,
represent,
support
Also try:
— Nouns for defend:
freedom,
democracy,
thee,
yourself
liberty,
share,
property,
self,
truth,
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