withstand
verb (used with object)
to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, especially successfully: to withstand the invaders;
withstandingness
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a word derived from
withstand.
Example Sentences
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But, Neale, that's all very well for you, because you have so much withstandingness in you.
From The Brimming Cup by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
