Defend and Favour

Defend

Defend verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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Favour and defend are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Favour" instead a verb "Defend".

Favour verb - Consider as the favorite.

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Defend and favour are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defend" instead a verb "Favour".

Nearby Words: favoured, favouring, favourer

humanity	defend humanity	favour humanity
position	defend position	favour position
children	defend children	favour children
father	defend father	favour father
Other words: brother, son, humans, sister.

Political Correctness: One of the few comedians to come out in favour of Political Correctness (or at least defend the principles behind it).

Source: Creator / Stewart Lee
Obstructionist Pacifist: The community of Fisherman's Horizon in Final Fantasy VIII has a large proportion of pacifists amongst its citizens, and the Mayor, Dobe, tries to stop SeeD from fighting to defend the town from invading Galbadians in favour of attempting negotiation.

Source: Video Game / Final Fantasy VIII
The community of Fisherman's Horizon in Final Fantasy VIII has a large proportion of pacifists amongst its citizens, and the Mayor, Dobe, tries to stop SeeD from fighting to defend the town from invading Galbadians in favour of attempting negotiation.

Source: Obstructionist Pacifist

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