gainstay

verb2

1. •
   To stand against or in opposition to; resist; oppose.

   • Among the diversity of opinions that are entertained in regard to physical resistance, there are but a few found to gainstay that stern delcaration. — 1983
2. •
   To deny (the right to); deprive (of).

   • … it was intended to be, a living fire of force in the world that cannot be gainstayed and which no storms can shake. — 1926