Antonym: obedience. Similar words: assistance, distance, in the distance, resist, stance, assistant, substance, instance. Meaning: [rɪ'zɪstəns] 
n. 1. the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with 2. any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion 3. a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms 4. the military action of resisting the enemy's advance 5. (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease 6. a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force 7. the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) 8. (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness 9. an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current 10. group action in opposition to those in power.
n. 1. the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with 2. any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion 3. a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms 4. the military action of resisting the enemy's advance 5. (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease 6. a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force 7. the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) 8. (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness 9. an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current 10. group action in opposition to those in power. 
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31. They tried to achieve their aims by passive resistance.
32. A cold had lowered her resistance.
33. Her proposal met with resistance from the Left.
34. The attacks did not take place without resistance.
35. The enemy's resistance has stalled by force.
36. The Egyptians offered resolute resistance to the aggressors.
37. Very little resistance was put up by the enemy.
38. Copper has less resistance to electricity than lead.
39. AIDS lowers the body's resistance to infection.
40. Rebel gunmen have put up strong resistance.
41. You need to build up your resistance to colds.
42. The body is stimulated to build up resistance.
43. The idea met with some resistance.
44. There was fierce resistance to the new laws.
45. The rebels have put up fierce resistance.
46. The advancing army met with little resistance.
47. Tobacco lowers the body's resistance to disease.
48. Pockets of opposition/resistance to the new regime still remained.
49. There is lowered pain tolerance,(sentence dictionary) lowered resistance to infection.
50. Bacteria are evolving resistance to antibiotics.
51. Generally speaking there was no resistance to the idea.
52. The expansion plans will face fierce opposition/resistance from environmentalists.
53. A poor diet lowers one's resistance to illness.
54. The infantry divisions mopped up remaining centres of resistance.
55. Aids lowers the body's resistance to infection.
56. Taking vitamin C builds up your resistance to infection.
57. This relentless pressure began to wear down their resistance.
58. Invading troops met with obstinate resistance by guerilla forces.
59. The army is reported to be encountering considerable resistance.
60. The troops are encountering stiff resistance.
More similar words: assistance, distance, in the distance, resist, stance, assistant, substance, instance, for instance, circumstance, residence, distant, pittance, acceptance, of importance, hypothesis, resign, insist, subsist, assist, persist, stand, consist, resident, assist in, president, consist of, consist in, stand by, stand for.