antistasis

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  1. In rhetoric, the justification of an action by the argument that if it had been omitted something worse would have happened.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek ἀντίστασ, σ1ις, a counter-plea, set-off, opposition, from ἀνθίστασ, σ1θαι, ἀντιστῆναι, withstand, from ἀντί, against, + ἰστασ, σ1θαι, στῆναι, stand.
 

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