gainstanding

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noun

Resistance; opposition.

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Meanings

noungainstanding (uncountable)
  1. uncountableResistance; opposition.

    And so they entered into the town witliout any gainstanding.

    1956, Elizabeth M. Nugent, The thought & culture of the English Renaissance
    1 more example

    The facts, however, are of so clear and palpable a nature, that there is no gainstanding them.

    1847, The American journal of science, page 324
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of gainstand

Origin

From gainstand + -ing.

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APA

gainstanding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gainstanding

MLA

“gainstanding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gainstanding. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gainstanding,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gainstanding.

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