Difference between Defend and Vindicate

DEFEND vs VINDICATE: VERB

Be on the defensive; act against an attack
Protect against a challenge or attack
State or assert
Protect or fight for as a champion
Fight against or resist strongly
Argue or speak in defense of
To ward off attacks from; to fight to protect; to guard.
To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did in the previous edition of that competition.
To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.
To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
Be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
To prohibit, forbid.
To prevent, to keep (from doing something).
To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
To call a raise from the big blind.

To represent (a defendant) in a civil or criminal action.
To attempt to disprove or invalidate (the claim made by a lawsuit or prosecution).
To make a defense.
To play defense.
To support or maintain, as by argument or action; justify.
To compete against a challenger in an attempt to retain (a championship).
To be responsible for guarding (an opposing player).
To attempt to prevent the opposition from scoring while playing in or near (a goal or area of a field, for example).
To engage in or be prepared to engage in battle to prevent (a population or area, for example) from being captured or occupied by an enemy.
To make or keep safe from danger, attack, or harm.

To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit.
To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; ; -- sometimes followed by from or against.
To prohibit; to forbid.
To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.

To clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting arguments or proof.
To defend, maintain, or insist on the recognition of (one's rights, for example).
To demonstrate or prove the value or validity of; justify.
To exact revenge for; avenge.
To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
To maintain or defend with success; to prove to be valid; to assert convincingly; to sustain against assault.
To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies.
To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
To avenge; to punish.

To drive off or away; thrust back; fend or ward off; repel.
Be on the defensive
Act against an attack
In law, to make opposition; enter or make defense: as, the party comes into court, defends, and says.
Synonyms Protect, Shelter, etc. (see keep), guard, shield. Maintain, Vindicate, etc. See assert.
To vindicate; uphold; maintain by force, argument, or evidence: as, to defend one's rights and privileges; to defend a cause or claim at law.
To ward off attack from; guard against assault or injury; shield: as, to defend a fortress.
To forbid; prohibit; forefend.

Vindicated.
To assert a right to; lay claim to; claim.
To defend or support against an enemy; maintain the cause or rights of; deliver from wrong, oppression, or the like; clear from censure, or the like: as, to vindicate an official.
To avenge; punish; retaliate.
Synonyms and Assert, Defend, Maintain, etc. See assert.
To support or maintain as true or correct, against denial, censure, or objections; defend; justify.

Vindicate, Safeguard, Protect, Assert, Fend for, Fight down, Fight back, Support, Guard, Champion, Hold, Represent, Oppose, Maintain, Fight

Safeguarding, Claim, Rehabilitate, Enforce, Argue, Safeguard, Pursue, Avenge, Reclaim, Allay, Affirm, Assert, Defend, Uphold, Justify

Repel, Fend, Uphold, Vindicate, Safeguard, Protect, Assert, Fight back, Support, Guard, Champion, Hold, Represent, Oppose, Fight

Mnemonic, Showcase, Claim, Rehabilitate, Enforce, Argue, Safeguard, Pursue, Avenge, Reclaim, Allay, Affirm, Assert, Uphold, Justify

Samba to expound upon and defend his faith.
You are able to defend yourself in court.
Be prepared to explain and defend the process.
Richard Caswell with orders to defend the colony.
All democratic nations need to constantly defend it.
President to defend the prerogatives of his office to defend constitutionally grounded principles of executive branch privileges or immunities is an impeachable offense.
He would defend his original viewpoint and we would defend our disposition and associated rationale.
We should reply that any nation must defend itself against a step which would make it impossible to defend itself.
Others will not defend you unless you defend yourself.
Conservatives defend property; but they defend it badly.

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How do humans defend against intracellular parasites?
Does minimalism defend itself against anti-realism?
Why did Melanchthon defend the Augsburg Confession?
How do honeybees defend themselves against Hornets?
How do psychodynamic therapists defend against emotions?
How do silkworms defend themselves against pathogens?
How do pine processionary caterpillars defend themselves?
How did Argentinosaurus defend itself from predators?
Should I purchase a duty to defend or non-duty to defend/reimbursement policy form?