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00772189-v:
present reasons and arguments
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00894738-v:
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
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00895641-v:
defend against attack or criticism
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00896017-v:
stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals
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01212519-n:
aiding the cause or policy or interests of
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02354537-a:
furnishing support or assistance
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06740644-n:
the justification for some act or belief
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a person who cares for persons or property
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someone who supports or champions something
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a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
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00772189-v:
present reasons and arguments
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00941990-v:
express in speech
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06740644-n:
the justification for some act or belief
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07200813-n:
the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
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00894738-v:
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
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00895641-v:
defend against attack or criticism
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01632066-a:
attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing
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(of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified
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not able to be supported or defended
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a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers
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the branch of theology that defends God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil
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information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint
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a challenge to defend what someone has said
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08064372-n:
a group that defends a principle
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a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen; it is strongly committed to education and scholarship
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a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument
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a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution
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(law) a person called into court to defend a title
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10837918-n:
(Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379)
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10873059-n:
British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)
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British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
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a British or Irish monk who denied the doctrines of original sin and predestination and defended human goodness and free will; his views were declared heretical by the Council of Ephesus in 431 (circa 360-418)
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ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC)
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