The word defended is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when talking about defending something, such as a position, an argument, or an action. For example, "He defended his position on the issue vigorously."
Margaret Hodge, a former Labour minister and chair of the Commons public accounts committee, also defended the policy, arguing consumers are suffering too much from high prices.
Indigenous academic Marcia Langton, who spoke after Scullion, defended Forrest's recommendations.
Anthony McIntyre, a former IRA life sentence prisoner and chief researcher on the Belfast project, defended the archive and blamed Boston College for failing to make clear to him and the interviewees that there was a legal treaty that allowed the British state to seize academic material from the United States.
Downing Street defended its decision to allow a free vote for the second reading while imposing a three-line whip on the programme motion.
The Albion manager defended making 10 changes to the side that scrambled a 2-2 Premier League draw with Crystal Palace on Saturday, in spite of the 2-1 defeat at Dean Court three days later.
Meanwhile, Ed Miliband, Labour's leader, defended his opposition to a referendum on the EU.
Employment minister Eric Abetz defended Bishop, saying: "Ms Bishop looks a picture, even with that hat on".
Tokyo has consistently defended the practice of eating whalemeat as a culinary tradition.
Following Cable's protests, the ONS statistics director general, Glen Watson, defended the wording, saying in November "referencing a target that users and the media follow closely does not impact on ONS neutrality".
The ABC is full of inadequacies, insider journalism and parochialism but the sheer range of its content across multiple platforms, reaching millions of Australians every day, is a key reason it must be defended against its opponents.
By 1958, when the trophy was due to be defended in Sweden, Rahn had become a heavy drinker, put on weight and been jailed for drunk driving.
