clutches · unwavering · stubborn · tenacious · braced · rooted · planted · immovable · grasps · clings · persists · determined · staunch · solid · locked · unshaken · endures · resists
holds firmcapitulates
Yields to demands
surrenders · caves in · gives up · gives in · caves
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Related — steadfast (Firmly loyal, unshakeable); resolute (Fixed in purpose); unyielding (Refusing to give way); grip · anchor · clutches · unwavering · stubborn · tenacious · braced · rooted · planted · immovable
STABILITY/YIELDINGholds firm ≠ gives way Surrenders or collapses; yields · gives in · collapses · buckles · caves
RESOLVE/CONVICTIONholds firm ≠ capitulates Yields to demands; surrenders · caves in · gives up · gives in · caves
PHYSICAL INTEGRITYholds firm ≠ breaks Splits or pauses; collapses · gives way · crumbles · shatters · snaps
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/holds_firm