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