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