Defend
1/25/2009.
At no time, does anyone need to defend themself or anyone.
If a person is innocent, they do not need to be defended, because they are innocent.
If a person is guilty, they do not need to be defended because they are deservant of punishment.
If a person is wrongly accused of something, you will simply need to point out that there is no proof of that being the case and whom the burden of proof is on.
Most of the time, the accuser 'wants to' accuse someone of doing something they did not do. You will simply have to be the better person - and let their guilty conscience deal with it.
Note that defending yourself is not the same as explaining yourself. Otherwise, you can always apologize.