resistance
/ɹɪˈzɪstəns/
noun
- 1
The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
“the resistance of bacteria to certain antibiotics”
- 2
A force that tends to oppose motion.
- 3
Electrical resistance.
- 4
An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.
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