Definition of Resistance

Noun

• group action in opposition to those in power
  
• an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
  resistor
• (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
  underground
• 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"
  
• (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
  immunity
• the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
  "the enemy offered little resistance"
  
• a material's opposition to the flow of electric current
  measured in ohms
  - electric resistance - electrical resistance impedance resistivity - ohmic resistance
• any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
  
• 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"
  opposition

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Unscramble resistance

1170 unscramble word found using the letters resistance.

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