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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61. The car's speed was reduced by air/wind resistance.
62. They put up stubborn resistance.
63. Her resistance to the proposal has crumpled.
64. The Mahatma instigated several campaigns of passive resistance against the British government in India.
65. Many people don't make changes because they're following the path of least resistance .
66. This disease is surprisingly difficult to catch as most people have a natural resistance to it.
67. The fabric has been specially coated to improve its water resistance.
68. They managed to escape after being arrested by the resistance.
69. Local people risked their own lives to shelter resistance fighters from the army.
70. We have been guilty of parochialism, of resistance to change.
71. Troops combed the area to mop up any remaining resistance.
72. I took the path of least resistance and agreed with the others.
73. The heterogeneity and uneven development of China's economy are rather advantageous in the war of resistance.
74. There are still a few isolated pockets of resistance to the new regime.
75. The army controls the city apart from a few pockets of resistance.
76. The strategy was designed to wear down the enemy's resistance.
77. He was renamed "Liu Shui" during the War of Resistance Against Japan.
78. In the prosecution of his duties he had met with a good deal of resistance.
79. He was famed for his stubborn resistance and his refusal to accept defeat.
80. They promised that the army would strike with an iron fist at any resistance.
81. After two hours' heavy fighting,(http://sentencedict.com/resistance.html)we bore down the enemy's resistance.
82. They would rather take the line of least resistance than become involved in arguments.
83. We came up against a great deal of resistance in dealing with the case.
84. The design of the bicycle has managed to reduce the effects of wind resistance and drag.
85. Of all the events(sentencedict.com), the piece de resistance will be a gala night at the King's Hall.
86. In the end the Kurds surrendered without putting up any resistance.
87. There has been stiff opposition/resistance to the proposed tax increases.
88. The firm has to overcome its resistance to new technology.
89. They offered no resistance.
90. Such a policy would inevitably draw fierce resistance from farmers.
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