stick to one's guns
stand one's ground
vindicate
stand behind
stand
take up for
dig in one's heels
courage of one's convictions
hold the line
take a stand
walk the line
counteroppositional
antiresistance
pick sides
reticent
trench mentality
take sides
side
position
opposed
nail one's colours to the mast
antiprotest
directed
keep sight of
protest
stubborn
resist
dissent
rest one's case
dissentingly
confront
oppositionally
clash
dissident
opposer
turn against
accommodationist
take issue with
hold
stand out
in spite of someone's teeth
recalcitrate
pit against
circle the wagons
back down
antiopposition
stand up
draw
rival
both-sides
down the middle
stick up
bully pulpit
countermove
nonconcur
go negative
hard line
fence sitter
moderatism
centrism
oppositionist
pose
broad-mindedness
climb down
oppugnation
con
countermoving
pertinacious
justifier
unlock
throw one's weight behind
vindicator
apologist
stand up for
counteract
opposition
confrontationist
objectionism
oppositionary
face
take someone's part
resistance
dispute
sing the same tune
antibias
remonstrate
hold one's own
rebel
carry
sit on the fence
dissentment
anticonflict
conflicting
win around