stand up
stand one's ground
withstay
hold water
wash
unopposing
stick up
momist
underrestrain
stick to one's guns
unflinching
endure
anticritical
soldier on
nonconcur
carping
restrainingly
faultfinding
hold up
come down
criticproof
stifle
keep back
calling into question
recalcitration
disobey
demand for explanation
sit idly by
conceal
vindicate
counteroppositional
stand
tough-skinned
antibias
stay
hold back
hold in
side with
hold one's fire
score
offstand
unrepressed
judge not, that ye be not judged
softhearted
hold on
grudge
root for
circle the wagons
nonrepressed
anticritic
pull
bite
grievance
hold the line
firm
neocriticist
inhibit
take one's lumps
unresisted
bear up
nidder
nonretribution
unyielding
step off
antireprisal
one step ahead
Monday-morning quarterback
threap
stick
noncondemning
unresentful
fabian
stand by
take up for
on the defensive
insist
take a firm stand
perseverance
reproach
upbraid
disarming
take aim
stand out
stubborn
stay together
pertinacious
dissentingly
criticise
unmove
stay the distance
criticize
frown
push on
undefied