1. • noun - the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
   • noun - any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
   • noun - a material's opposition to the flow of electric current
   • noun - the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
   • noun - (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
   • noun - the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents
   • noun - a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
   • noun - the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
   • noun - (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
   • noun - an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
   • noun - group action in opposition to those in power
2. • The act or an instance of resisting or the capacity to resist.
   • A force that tends to oppose or retard motion.
   • Often Resis- tance.
   • A process in which the ego opposes the conscious recall of unpleasant experiences.
   • Biology.
   • The capacity of an organism to defend itself against a disease.
   • The capacity of an organism or a tissue to withstand the effects of a harmful environmental agent.
   • The opposition of a body or substance to current passing through it, resulting in a change of electrical energy into heat or another form of energy.

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