Resisting having status (12)

I believe the answer is:

withstanding

'resisting' is the definition.
(withstanding is a kind of resisting)

'having status' is the wordplay.
'having' becomes 'with' (I've seen this in another clue).
'status' becomes 'standing' (standing is a kind of status).
'with'+'standing'='WITHSTANDING'

I've seen this clue in The Times and the Sydney Morning Herald.

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