## Meanings
1. To stop yourself from doing or having something you want.
2. To fight against or refuse to accept something.
3. To not be harmed or affected by something.

## Examples
- I couldn't resist the temptation to have another slice of cake.
- The villagers resisted the army's advance for weeks.
- These trees can resist both salt and smog.

## Synonyms
- gainstay
- oppose
- withset

## Antonyms
- obey
- submit

## Derived Forms
- irresistible
- irresistibly
- nonresisting
- resistance
- resistant
- resistantly
- resistful
- resistible
- resistibly
- resistin
- resistingly
- resistive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: resisten
- Root: resister
- Root: resistre
- Root: resisto

## Etymology
From Middle English resisten, from Middle French resister and Old French resistre, and their source, Latin resistere, from re- + sistere (“cause to stand”).

## AI Etymology
Resist comes from Middle English resisten, from Middle French resister and Old French resistre, and their source, Latin resistere, from re- + sistere (“cause to stand”). Modern senses include to stop yourself from doing or having something you want. and to fight against or refuse to accept something.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as irresistible, irresistibly, nonresisting, resistance, resistant, and resistantly.

## Topics
- War & Conflict

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