exculpation
self-justification
alibi
excuse
remonstration
terrify
defiantness
rebel
have one's back up
antiprotest
circle the wagons
offer
shots fired
antiaggressionist
opposing
opponent
jobe
swagger
in terrorem
lay out
bully
truculent
menace
beratingly
admonitory
browbeat
disagreeableness
directive
threatening
vindicate
admonitionist
hey
enturbulate
remonstrance
countermovement
monitory
call out
antiretaliation
unaggressiveness
pushback
brushback pitch
black
expostulation
taste blood
fighting words
recalcitrate
thunder
turn against
antisocial
unpersuade
aggression
defensive
cri de coeur
disincentivize
speciosity
compromise
disarming
kick up the arse
truculence
counter-offensive
naggle
cautionary
truculency
dislikable
on the defensive
head in the sand
give someone the gears
stick up
pile on
handbagging
rash
take to task
antipositional
buffet
bluster
defiance
pill
disfavour
objectionable
admonishment
foolhardy
heady
pull up
affrontive
reckless
stand up
strike a blow
larrikinism
run up on
whataboutery
dirty
huff
sell wolf tickets
whine
daunt
shirtfront
oppugnant
harumph
show one's butt

English words for 'a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.'

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