17K+ Words That Rhyme With DEFENDING

• offending against or breaking a law or rule

• the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others

• the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.)

• giving practical help to

• the act of causing something to go (especially messages)

• coming down or downward

• movement that causes the formation of a curve

• the property of being bent or deflected

• the act of bending something

• disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned

• the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)

• the act of ending something

• the point in time at which something ends

• event whose occurrence ends something

• the last section of a communication

• resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree

• the act of spending or disbursing money

• money paid out; an amount spent

• the act of giving a false appearance

• be contingent upon (something that is elided)

• have faith or confidence in

• moving or going or growing upward

• the act of changing location in an upward direction

• the act of blending components together thoroughly

• a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades

• (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension

• close in time; about to occur

• the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

• (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward

• continuing forever or indefinitely

• try to manage without help

• withstand the force of something

• garments that must be repaired

• the act of putting something in working order again

• the act of spending money for goods or services

• incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances

• direct one's course or way

• the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation

• the decision of a court on issues of fact or law

• something that is found

• get the meaning of something

• take into custody

• anticipate with dread or anxiety

• extend in scope or range or area

• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

• span an interval of distance, space or time

• make available; provide

• thrust or extend out

• reach outward in space

• offer verbally

• extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body

• expand the influence of

• lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer

• extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length

• cause to move at full gallop

• open or straighten out; unbend

• use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity

• prolong the time allowed for payment of

• continue or extend

• increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance

• indicate, as with a sign or an omen

• be greater in scope or size than some standard

• be superior or better than some standard

• a general direction in which something tends to move

• general line of orientation

• a general tendency to change (as of opinion)

• the popular taste at a given time

• turn sharply; change direction abruptly

• to be temporarily popular

• To expand or extend to an excessive degree, especially to do so beyond a safe limit.

• To apply (a term) to too many referents, by overextension.

• To push a pawn too far, so that it becomes vulnerable to the opponent's attacks.

• push for something

• express a good opinion of

• make attractive or acceptable

• financial resources provided to make some project possible

• the act of financing

• awaiting conclusion or confirmation

• become friends with

• the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

• that confounds or contradicts or confuses

• make amendments to

• to make better

• set straight or right

• have in mind as a purpose

• design or destine

• mean or intend to express or convey

• denote or connote

• hang freely

• cause to be held in suspension in a fluid

• bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

• stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it

• make inoperative or stop

• render temporarily ineffective

• money returned to a payer

• the act of returning money received previously

• pay back

• bewildering or striking dumb with wonder

• To cancel funding for.

• spend more than available of (a budget)

• spend at a high rate

• Excess funding.

• To supply with more funds than necessary or appropriate

• To provide insufficient funds (for).

• The condition of being underfunded.

• express approbation of

• present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence

• give to in charge

• express a good opinion of

• mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship

• get the meaning of something

• to become aware of through the senses

• include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory

• maintain or assert

• have an argument about something

• to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation

• succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

• compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

• be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

• spend time badly or unwisely

• spend (money or other resources) unwisely