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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