отстоявам meaning in English

assert [asserted, asserting, asserts]▼(To maintain; to defend)
verb
[UK: ə.ˈsɜːt] [US: ə.ˈsɝːt]

maintain [maintained, maintaining, maintains]▼(to declare or affirm a point of view to be true)
verb
[UK: meɪn.ˈteɪn] [US: men.ˈteɪn]

vindicate [vindicated, vindicating, vindicates]▼(to maintain or defend a cause against opposition)
verb
[UK: ˈvɪn.dɪk.eɪt] [US: ˈvɪn.dəket]