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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151. Interestingly, many ecologists are far more concerned about the problem of resistance than they are about horizontal transfer.
152. The argument that acquired immunity may bias the measurement of parasite resistance or limit the progression of those parasites deserves comment.
153. Let us consider animals first. It is conceivable that collective resistance would be individually advantageous.
154. There is recognition of the political resistance at home to waging wars against the colonial revolution in the name of anticommunism.
155. Patients eventually develop a resistance to AIDS drugs, so doctors are obliged to rotate the type of medication.
156. The promotion of women ran into fierce resistance, which led to persistent and quite unacceptable forms of discrimination.
157. Guy tensed the instant she moved, as though bracing himself for resistance.
158. These movements appear as dispersed resistance, but they also are a form of collective action in the face of the crisis.
159. There were two startling things about antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria.
160. With cross-breeding, they improve crop yields and increase resistance to pests and disease.
161. True, bolder challenges to orthodoxy, especially when they touched upon the role played by the party, provoked fierce resistance.
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162. Her hands encountered no resistance, but found no way through the fog.
163. None the less the young couple eventually married, which in the face of so much Glover resistance undoubtedly took some strength and resolve.
164. Their task was to take oaths of allegiance from the various semi-independent cities, and to encourage resistance to Milan.
165. Indeed, a 1990 study by Catalyst found initial resistance to flexible schedules by 41 percent of middle managers.
166. Resistance to control makes Nicky a problem, a deviant, a troublemaker.
167. The last important resistance to modernization was crushed in the Satsuma rebellion of 1877.
168. This might, in part, explain the resistance many home cooks have to making fresh stocks.
169. Such huge improvements in fuel economy have been achieved through greater engine efficiency and reduction of air resistance.
170. This resistance can only be overcome as you gently persuade and cajole subordinates to expand their horizons.
171. Much more problematic, in practical terms, is the resistance by public bodies to funding what are seen as subversive cliques.
172. Even men who have been accidentally thrown into primary child care do get over their resistance.
173. Without a strong State, this underclass will erupt into fragmented resistance, indicated in social disorder.
174. This politicization of de Gaulle's message was a critical stage in the evolution towards a unified resistance.
175. The grass blades tore, but their initial resistance sent him stumbling backwards.
176. The current consumption of the stage will be fixed by the load resistance to which the collector is connected.
177. But Hashimoto has also led resistance to economic changes and concessions urged by the Clinton administration.
178. None the less, the employers were intent on fierce resistance.
179. Having a parched nose and throat may lower resistance to colds, croup, sinusitis and respiratory problems.
180. Immunity is acquired slowly and requires exposure over two grazing seasons before a significant resistance to infection develops.
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