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

'Resistance' in other languages