| second(verb, support, maintain, promote, encourage) |
| shield(verb, maintain, defend, prove, justify) |
| sustain(verb, support, maintain, promote, encourage) |
| account for(verb, expression, phrasal verb, deliberate, excuse) |
| aver(verb, state, hold, charge, press) |
| back(verb, support, hold, take, maintain) |
| bear out(verb, expression, support, prove, substantiate) |
| disprove(verb, maintain, defend, prove, justify) |
| overlook(verb, defend, spare, relieve, pardon) |
| rehabilitate(verb, maintain, defend, prove, justify) |
| right(verb, hold, correct, declare, restore) |
| verify(verb, support, defend, explain, substantiate) |
| affirm(verb, state, hold, charge, press) |
| allege(verb, state, hold, take, charge) |
| avow(verb, state, hold, charge, press) |
| champion(verb, support, hold, take, maintain) |
| confirm(verb, support, maintain, promote, encourage) |
| confute(verb, maintain, defend, prove, justify) |
| do justice to(verb, expression, idiom, prove, substantiate) |
| establish(verb, support, present, maintain, favor) |