offstand

Meanings

Verb

• To endure against; stand or ward off; defend against; withstand; resist.
• To offset; compensate for; make restitution for.

Noun

• Offset; restitution.

Origin

• From Middle English ofstonden, from Old English ofstandan, from Proto-Germanic *afstandaną, *afstāną, equivalent to off- + stand. Cognate with Dutch afstaan ("to cede, yield, relinquish"), German abstehen ("to project, stick out, stand away"), Swedish avstå ("to refrain, desist, give up, relinquish").