verteidigen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- advocate noun A person who publicly supports or argues in favor of a cause, policy, or another person.
- contend verb To compete or struggle against someone or something.
- defend verb To protect someone or something from attack or harm.
- rehabilitate verb To help someone return to good health, function, or a normal life after illness, injury, or addiction.
- uphold verb To support or maintain something, such as a law, principle, or standard.
- vindicate verb To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
Senses
verteidigen is used for these senses in English:
- advocate (transitive) To encourage support for something.
- advocate (Scots law, in higher courts) To call a case before itself for decision.
- contend (intransitive) To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
- defend (transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
- make a case for (idiomatic) To present an argument in favor of.
- rehabilitate (transitive) To vindicate; to restore the reputation or image of (a person, concept etc.). [from 18th c.]
- uphold To support by approval or encouragement; to vindicate; to confirm (something which has been questioned)
- vindicate (transitive) To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
advocate — full definition
- noun A person who publicly supports or argues in favor of a cause, policy, or another person.
- noun A lawyer, especially one who represents a client in court.
- verb To publicly support or argue in favor of something.
contend — full definition
- verb To compete or struggle against someone or something.
- verb To argue firmly that something is true.