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    re·sist·ance
    [rəˈzist(ə)ns]
    noun
    resistance (noun) · resistances (plural noun) · resistance movement (noun) · resistance movements (plural noun) · Resistance (noun) · the Resistance (noun)
    1. the refusal to accept or comply with something; the attempt to prevent something by action or argument:
      "she put up no resistance to being led away"
      • armed or violent opposition:
        "government forces were unable to crush guerrilla-style resistance"
      • a secret organization resisting authority, especially in an occupied country:
        "he went underground and joined the resistance"
      • (the Resistance)
        the underground movement formed in France during World War II to fight the German occupying forces and the Vichy government. Also called maquis
    2. the ability not to be affected by something, especially adversely:
      "some of us have a lower resistance to cold than others"
      • medicine
        biology
        lack of sensitivity to a drug, insecticide, etc., especially as a result of continued exposure or genetic change:
        "many insects show resistance to at least one chemical"
    3. the impeding, slowing, or stopping effect exerted by one material thing on another:
      "air resistance would need to be reduced by streamlining"
    4. the degree to which a substance or device opposes the passage of an electric current, causing energy dissipation. Ohm's law resistance (measured in ohms) is equal to the voltage divided by the current.
      • a resistor or other circuit component which opposes the passage of an electric current.
    Origin
    late Middle English: from French résistance, from late Latin resistentia, from the verb resistere ‘hold back’ (see resist).
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    noun
    1. the refusal to accept or comply with something; the attempt to prevent something by action or argument:
      opposition to
      hostility to
      aversion to
      refusal to accept
      unwillingness to accept
      disinclination to accept
      reluctance to accept
      lack of enthusiasm for
      Opposite:
      acceptance
      receptivity
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