resistance

/ɹɪˈzɪstəns/ · noun

Meaning

The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
A force that tends to oppose motion.
Electrical resistance.
An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.

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Related words

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