Defendership

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or state of being in defense of something. rare, uncountable

    "I suppose that is based on the fact that if somebody put something in writing, they have some sort of a pride or a defendership of a written document."

Example

More examples

"I suppose that is based on the fact that if somebody put something in writing, they have some sort of a pride or a defendership of a written document."

Etymology

From defender + -ship.

Related phrases

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