defendership

English

Etymology

defender +‎ -ship

Noun

defendership (uncountable)

1. (rare) The quality or state of being in defense of something.
   • 1994, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary, Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session ... July 20, 21, 22, and 23, 1993‎^[1]:

     I suppose that is based on the fact that if somebody put something in writing, they have some sort of a pride or a defendership of a written document.