| 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" पर्याय: opposition,
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| the military action of resisting the enemy''s advance; "the enemy offered little resistance"
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| group action in opposition to those in power
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| an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current पर्याय: resistor,
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| (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
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| the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
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| a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force पर्याय: underground,
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| any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
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| a material''s opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms पर्याय: electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, resistivity, ohmic resistance,
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| 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"
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| (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease पर्याय: immunity,
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