辯

to dispute / to debate / to argue / to discuss

words / speech / to say / to talk

Character component without intrinsic meaning

a dispute / to wrangle

to counter accusations / to protest / to remonstrate / to retort / to plead / to demur / a plea (of not guilty) / a defense (against an allegation) / to enter a plea to a charge (in a law court)

to deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story / to make excuses

to explain the facts / to defend against an accusation

to argue strenuously or with sophistry / to quibble

to argue skillfully or plausibly / rhetoric

argumentative / quarrelsome

peremptory / not to be denied / not brooking argument

to argue endlessly / to try to have the last word

the prosecution and the defense (law)

plea bargaining / plea agreement

plea bargain (law)

to plead (not guilty) / to enter a plea

written confession / letter of repentance

plea of not guilty

facts speak louder than words (idiom)

variant of 服辯|服辩[fu2 bian4]

filibuster

to analyze / to explain

eloquent / good at arguing