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Resisting

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refuseverb	(transitive) To decline (a request or demand).
withstandverb	(transitive) To resist or endure (something) successfully.
stand firmverb	(idiomatic) To resist assault or pressure.
defyverb	(transitive) To refuse to obey.
hold outverb	(idiomatic, often with for) To wait, or refuse in hopes of getting something better (from a negotiation, etc.)
dissentverb	(intransitive) To disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from (or, formerly, to).
standverb	To position or be positioned physically:
protestverb	(intransitive) To make a strong objection.
baulkverb	(British spelling) Alternative spelling of balk. [(archaic) To pass over or by.]
jibverb	(chiefly nautical) To shift, or swing around, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking.
balkverb	To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
resistancenoun	The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
opposing	That opposes or oppose; on the opposite side.
repellingnoun	An act by which something is repelled; repulsion.
combatingverb	Alternative spelling of combatting: present participle and gerund of combat
fightingnoun	The act or process of contending; violence or conflict.
boycottverb	(transitive) To abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.
boycottingnoun	The act of something being boycotted.
addressingnoun	A process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail
battlingnoun	Engaged in battle.

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