defensive
justificatory
justificative
withsay
demand for explanation
calling into question
defend
resist
protest
dissent
assault
round
snipe
attack
assail
lash out
defense
defence
polemize
refutation
apologism
cry
vociferation
yell
outcry
call
protestable
dispute
apotreptic
shout
cast aspersions
casuistry
phrasemongery
pile on
contradiction
assert
expostulate
apologia
drub
dexify
rebuttal
antiprotest
animadvert
screed
antagonize
antiverbal
dramatism
reproach
interlard
objection
intersperse
remonstration
scholium
talk around
speech
upbraid
rationalise
excuse
divulge
make a point
apologize
critiquability
apologise
justification
position argument
take someone's part
rationalize
ecphonesis
exclamation
disclosure
advocacy
justificate
pound the table
construction
twist
jump down someone's throat
dissension
mudslinging
rebuke
protagonism
reprimand
reproof
remonstrance
reprehension
revealing
revelation
take up for
reproval
demagoguery
no
find fault
pan
beat up on
oppositive
cri de coeur
antiexpressionist
adversative
reprehend
defensive
justificatory
justificative
protestable
antiprotest
antiverbal
oppositive
antiexpressionist
adversative
no
demand for explanation
calling into question
defense
defence
refutation
apologism
protest
cry
vociferation
yell
outcry
call
apotreptic
shout
casuistry
phrasemongery
contradiction
apologia
rebuttal
screed
dramatism
objection
remonstration
scholium
critiquability
justification
position argument
ecphonesis
exclamation
disclosure
advocacy
construction
twist
dissension
mudslinging
rebuke
protagonism
reprimand
reproof
remonstrance
reprehension
revealing
revelation
reproval
demagoguery
cri de coeur
withsay
defend
resist
protest
dissent
assault
round
snipe
attack
assail
lash out
polemize
dispute
cast aspersions
pile on
assert
expostulate
drub
dexify
animadvert
antagonize
reproach
interlard
intersperse
talk around
speech
upbraid
rationalise
excuse
divulge
make a point
apologize
apologise
take someone's part
rationalize
justificate
pound the table
jump down someone's throat
take up for
find fault
pan
beat up on
reprehend
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