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Quick definitions from WordNet (resistance)

▸ noun:  the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with ("He encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens")
▸ noun:  the military action of resisting the enemy's advance ("The enemy offered little resistance")
▸ noun:  group action in opposition to those in power
▸ noun:  (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
▸ noun:  the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
▸ noun:  any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
▸ noun:  an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
▸ noun:  a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
▸ noun:  (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
▸ noun:  a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms

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