unswaying

verb (used without object)

1. to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
2. to move or incline to one side or in a particular direction.
3. to incline in opinion, sympathy, tendency, etc.: She swayed toward conservatism.
4. to fluctuate or vacillate, as in opinion: His ideas swayed this way and that.
5. to wield power; exercise rule.

verb (used with object)

6. to cause to move to and fro or to incline from side to side.
7. to cause to move to one side or in a particular direction.
8. Nautical. to hoist or raise (a yard, topmast, or the like) (usually followed by up).
9. to cause to fluctuate or vacillate.
10. to cause (the mind, emotions, etc., or a person) to incline or turn in a specified way; influence.
11. to cause to swerve, as from a purpose or a course of action: He swayed them from their plan.
12. to dominate; direct.
13. to wield, as a weapon or scepter.
14. to rule; govern.

noun

15. the act of swaying; swaying movement.
16. rule; dominion: He held all Asia in his sway.
17. dominating power or influence: Many voters were under his sway.

verb

1. (usually intr) to swing or cause to swing to and fro
2. (usually intr) to lean or incline or cause to lean or incline to one side or in different directions in turn
3. (usually intr) to vacillate or cause to vacillate between two or more opinions
4. to be influenced or swerve or influence or cause to swerve to or from a purpose or opinion
5. (tr) nautical to hoist (a yard, mast, or other spar)
6. archaic, or poetic to rule or wield power (over)
7. (tr) archaic to wield (a weapon)

noun

8. control; power
9. a swinging or leaning movement
10. archaic dominion; governing authority
11. hold sway to be master; reign

v.c.1300, “to go, glide, move,” probably from Old Norse sveigja “to bend, swing, give way,” from Proto-Germanic *swaigijanan and related to swag (v.) and swing. The sense of “swing, wave, waver” is first recorded c.1500. Related: Swayed; swaying. The noun meaning “controlling influence” (to be under the sway of) is 1510s, from a transitive sense of the verb in Dutch and other languages. The verb in this sense is recorded in English from 1590s. see hold sway.