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English to English noun 1. the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with  he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens|despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead source: wordnet30
2. any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion source: wordnet30
3. a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms source: wordnet30
4. the military action of resisting the enemy's advance the enemy offered little resistance source: wordnet30
5. (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease source: wordnet30
6. the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog source: wordnet30
7. a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force source: wordnet30
8. the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) source: wordnet30
9. (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness source: wordnet30
10. an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current source: wordnet30
11. group action in opposition to those in power source: wordnet30
12. The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active. source: webster1913
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