RESISTANCE

Definition

1. noun the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with. — synonyms: opposition
2. noun any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion.
3. noun a material's opposition to the flow of electric current. — synonyms: electric_resistance, electrical_resistance, impedance, resistivity, ohmic_resistance
4. noun the military action of resisting the enemy's advance.
5. noun (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease. — synonyms: immunity
6. noun the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents.
7. noun a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force. — synonyms: underground
8. noun the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria).
9. noun (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness.
10. noun an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current. — synonyms: resistor
11. noun group action in opposition to those in power.