| confirm(verb, support, maintain, promote, encourage) |
| countenance(verb, support, maintain, promote, encourage) |
| defend(verb, support, help, maintain, promote) |
| elevate(verb, support, maintain, promote, encourage) |
| encourage(verb, support, maintain, promote, back) |
| endorse(verb, support, help, maintain, promote) |
| establish(verb, help, aid, defend, comfort) |
| express sympathy(expression, understand, commiserate, empathize) |
| feel sorry for(expression, idiom, understand, commiserate, empathize) |
| feeling for(verb, expression, sympathize, commiserate, emphathize) |
| forward(verb, help, aid, defend, comfort) |
| get behind(verb, expression, help, aid, defend) |
| go to bat for(verb, expression, idiom, help, aid) |
| have mercy(verb, expression, sympathize, commiserate, emphathize) |
| hoist(verb, support, maintain, promote, encourage) |
| hold to(verb, expression, support, maintain, promote) |
| identify(understand, commiserate, empathize) |
| justify(verb, support, help, maintain, promote) |
| kindliness(verb, feelings, emotions) |
| look after(verb, expression, phrasal verb, support) |