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resistance

noun
  1. the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
    “I encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens.”
    opposition
  2. the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
    “the enemy offered little resistance”
  3. group action in opposition to those in power
  4. an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
    resistor
  5. (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
  6. the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
  7. a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
    underground
  8. any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
  9. a material's opposition to the flow of electric current
    electric resistanceelectrical resistanceimpedanceresistivityohmic resistance
  10. 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”
  11. (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
    immunity