Definitions For Resistance

noun

• The action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
• The military action of resisting the enemy's advance
• Group action in opposition to those in power
• An electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
• (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
• The degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
• A secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
• Any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
• A material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
• The capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents
• (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
• Refusal to accept something new or different
• Effort made to stop or to fight against someone or something
• The ability to prevent something from having an effect