fought for
- championedActively supported a cause
- defendedShielded from harm
- battledEngaged in conflict
- struggledExerted with difficulty
- campaignedSought election through effort
advocated · stood up · sacrificed · bled · marched · rallied · demanded · uprising · cause · justice · freedom · rights · liberation · revolution · trenches · barricades · courage · conviction
support vs. opposition
fought foropposed
Against something stated
resisted · combated · undermined · sabotaged · attacked
action vs. passivity
fought forabandoned
Left behind completely
surrendered · ignored · neglected · disregarded · forsook
preservation vs. relinquishment
fought forsurrendered
Ceased resistance formally
gave up · capitulated · yielded · ceded · relinquished