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Essentially hostage insists unchanged condition (6)

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stasis

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(Other definitions for stasis that I've seen before include "Secret police force's" , "lack of action" , "No progressive state" , "Inactive state" , "Stoppage, arrest" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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