Definition of wresting:
(v) :
(transitive) To pull or twist violently.
(v) :
(transitive) To obtain by pulling or violent force.
(v) :
(transitive, figuratively) To seize.
(v) :
(transitive, figuratively) To distort, to pervert, to twist.
(n) :
The act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion.
(v) :
(transitive, music) To tune with a wrest, or key.