DEFEND
Shield Protect
In my humble judgment he did right
I should defend that with real verve
He should not be consigned to execration simply because——
There is not one jot nor tittle nor scintilla of evidence to show that——
The matter should not be permitted to go by default
We must place safeguards against further occurrences of the same kind
He does not do so perversely
I am going to defend him from the animadversions of——
He is above any such intractable position
He is a jealous defender of——
Truly it is not meet and just that——
One in order to maintain his self-respect must——
In spite of all that has been said to the contrary, I——
It is all very well for——