Akademik

withstand
I verb block, breast, challenge, check, confront, contravene, cope with, counteract, countercheck, countervail, defy, endure, face, face danger, face up to, fight, foil, hamper, hinder, hold out, impede, inhibit, interrupt, last, obsistere, obstare, obstruct, offer resistance, oppose, preclude, prevail against, prevent, refuse to submit, repel, repulse, resist, resistere, retard, stand fast, stand firm, stand up to, stave off, stay, stem, stop, thwart, weather associated concepts: withstand a challenge on appeal II index allow (endure), collide (clash), counteract, defy, endure (last), endure (suffer), hold out (resist), last, parry, repel (drive back), repulse

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006