resistance

  1. Noun.  The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
  2. Noun.  (physics) A force that tends to oppose motion.
  3. Noun.  (physics) Shortened form of electrical resistance.
  4. Noun.  (sociology) An underground organization engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation.

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