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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91. Government forces are mopping up the last pockets of resistance.
92. Copper has low resistance.
93. The army encountered stiff resistance from rebels in the hills.
94. They perceived that the enemy was trying to wear down their resistance.
95. Many of the courtiers were upset by the princess's resistance to tradition.
96. They hoped the waiting and the uncertainty would wear down my resistance.
97. The difficulties of outsourcing have been compounded by the increasing resistance of trade unions.
98. Kirk always just takes the line of least resistance .
99. Many Chinese people perished in the War of Resistance Against Japan.
100. They made it clear that they would only exercise passive resistance in the event of a military takeover.
101. Popular resistance to the measures should give the government pause.
102. How much longer will the resistance fighters be able to hold off the enemy?
103. The city was all burnt down during the the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.
104. Very little resistance was put up by the surrounded men.
105. The US wants big cuts in European agri-cultural export subsidies,(www.Sentencedict.com) but this is meeting resistance.
106. I met the most determined teenage resistance ever.
107. Also discusses resistance to housing clearance by local people.
108. With time[sentencedict.com], such resistance will doubtless diminish.
109. The resistance movement dismissed the allegations.
110. There will be resistance from many hospital consultants.
111. Resistance was met by beatings, fines or imprisonment.
112. But widespread resistance and protest demonstrations continued.
113. Moreover, the problem of antibiotic resistance is global.
114. She could find no further arguments or resistance.
115. But resistance is a far cry from immunity.
116. Either polyunsaturated fatty acids enhanced mucosal resistance or the oleic acid supplement weakened the defensive mechanisms.
117. Once the purely factual purpose of the system becomes assimilated, resistance to, and fear of, constructive criticism should weaken.
118. Thermistor beads are also often used as the sensitive elements of resistance thermometers.
119. In conclusion, dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids enhance duodenal resistance to acid by potentiation of adaptive cytoprotection.
120. Genes that have great clinical importance include those responsible for antibiotic 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.