Definition of Resistance

  • 1. The action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with Noun
  • 2. Any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion Noun
  • 3. A material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms Noun
  • 4. The military action of resisting the enemy's advance Noun
  • 5. (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease Noun
  • 6. The capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents Noun
  • 7. A secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force Noun
  • 8. The degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) Noun
  • 9. (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness Noun
  • 10. An electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current Noun
  • 11. Group action in opposition to those in power Noun

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