答辩

答辯
dábiàn
  1. to reply (to an accusation)
  2. to defend one's dissertation

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 答 dá
  1. to answer
  2. to reply
  3. to respond
2 辩 biàn
  1. to dispute
  2. to debate
  3. to argue
  4. to discuss