Defend and Honour

Defend

Defend verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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

Honour verb - Show respect towards.

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Defend and honour are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defend" instead a verb "Honour".

Nearby Words: honor, honorable, honourable, honored, honoured

work	defend work	honour work
people	defend people	honour people
name	defend name	honour name
someone	defend someone	honour someone
Other words: place, father, city, rights.

And when Branwen's husband starts treating her like a slave, all her brothers go to war to defend her honour.

Source: Knight Templar Big Brother
This in turn leads Rick to angrily and unexpectedly defend Felicity Kendal's honour.Vyvyan: No!

Source: Series / The Young Ones
But despite hating women, he still adheres to the code of chivalry and agrees to defend Queen Guenever's honour when she's accused of poisoning Sir Patrick.

Source: He-Man Woman Hater

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