1.Definition: (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease

Related Noun(s):immunity

Category: General

2.Definition: (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness

Category: General

3.Definition: a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms

Related Noun(s):impedance, resistivity

Category: General

4.Definition: a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force

Related Noun(s):underground

Category: General

5.Definition: an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current

Related Noun(s):resistor

Category: Objects

6.Definition: any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion

Category: General

7.Definition: group action in opposition to those in power

Category: General

8.Definition: 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"

Related Noun(s):opposition

Category: General

9.Definition: the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents

"These trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog"

Category: General

10.Definition: the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)

Category: General

11.Definition: the military action of resisting the enemy's advance

"The enemy offered little resistance"

Category: General