standing your ground
- defiantOpenly resisting control
- resoluteFixed in purpose
- unwaveringSteady and unchanging
- stubbornRefusing to change course
- firmSolid or resolute
holdfast · backbone · dig in · immovable · steadfast · courage · conviction · resist · pushback · unyielding · brave · confrontation · roots · planted · fortress · spine · grit · tenacious
persistence vs. yielding
standing your groundgiving in
Ceasing to resist
backing down · caving · capitulating · surrendering · yielding
movement vs. stasis
standing your groundretreating
Moving back from advance
withdrawing · falling back · giving ground · fleeing · running away
confrontation vs. avoidance
standing your groundshying away
Avoiding instinctively, fearfully
ducking out · sidestepping · evading · cowering · shrinking back