KEY: Defense.
SYN: Resistance, protection, vindication, plea, justification,excuse, rampart, bulwark, apology, shelter, guard.
ANT: Abandonment, surrender, betrayal, exposure.

• Recede
• Receipt
• Receive
• Received
• Recent
• Receptacle
• Reception
• Recess
• Reciprocal
• Reciprocation
• Recital
• Recite
• Reckless
• Reckon
• Reckoning
• Reclaim
• Reclaimable
• Recline
• Recluse
• Recognition
• Recognize
• Recollect
• Recommend
• Recompense
• Recompense