Defend and License

Defend

Defend verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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

License verb - To give official or legal power to.

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Defend and license are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defend" instead a verb "License".

Artistic License History: When Donovan is recruited to defend Abel, he protests that he is primarily an insurance lawyer.

Source: Film / Bridge of Spies
Artistic License Gun Safety: A second season episode features a sequence where Hannibal Smith attempts to help defend a young woman and her son against a prison escapee invading their home.

Source: Series / The A-Team
Expect the aloof mentor to defend his arguments by saying You Are Not Ready, or that he told the hero "what he needed to know, not what he wanted to know", that their Omniscient Morality License means that no harm was done, or even that "From a Certain Point of View" he did tell the truth.

Source: Rage Against the Mentor

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