resistance

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of fighting against or refusing to accept something.

   The new development plans met widespread resistance from local citizens.

2. 2
   noun

   The ability of a body or material to not be harmed by something.

   These plants are valued for their resistance to disease.

3. 3
   noun

   A secret organization fighting against an occupying force or government.

   Local people quietly aided the resistance during the occupation.

4. 4
   noun

   In physics, the property of a material that opposes the flow of electric current.

   The wire's resistance reduces the current in the circuit.

From earlier resistence, from Middle English resistence, from Old French resistence, from Latin resistentia. Morphologically resist + -ance.

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