Defend
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker). To prevent, to keep (from doing something). To prohibit, forbid. To ward off attacks from; to fight to protect; to guard. To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of. To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused). To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring. 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.
Example sentence: Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and hostage to the character of those thoughts. You can break this spell, but it takes training just like it takes training to defend yourself against a physical assault.
Oppose
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To attempt to stop the progression of.To object to.
Example sentence: Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.