resisting

He nodded his head, and told them to keep resisting.

They include committing a felony while on bail, resisting a peace officer causing serious bodily injury, battery on a peace officer, escaping custody using force and violating probation.

“Article IV: Libraries should cooperate with all persons and groups concerned with resisting abridgment of free expression and free access to ideas.”

"If in doubt, say nowt" is how you might colloquially describe the approach, resisting the temptation to be drawn into commentary about the president's actions for fear of provoking a blast of his ire.

"It must be a policy of the United States," President Harry Truman announced, "to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressure."