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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" the military action of resisting the enemy''s advance; "the enemy offered little resistance" group action in opposition to those in power (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease a material''s opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms |
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