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resistance

n. (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness

resistance

n. any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion

resistance

n. group action in opposition to those in power

resistance

n. the military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the enemy offered little resistance"

underground, resistance

n. a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force

resistor, resistance

n. an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current

immunity, resistance

n. (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease

resistance, opposition

n. the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead"

electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, resistance, resistivity, ohmic resistance

n. a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms

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permissiveness, tolerance

n. a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior

insurgency, insurgence

n. an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict

rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising

n. organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

stand

n. a defensive effort; "the army made a final stand at the Rhone"

amnesty

n. a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment

impunity

n. exemption from punishment or loss

indemnity

n. legal exemption from liability for damages

liberty

n. personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression

antagonism

n. (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure

disagreement

n. the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing

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submission, compliance

n. the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another

support

n. the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities; "his support kept the family together"; "they gave him emotional support during difficult times"

strengthener, reinforcement

n. a device designed to provide additional strength; "the cardboard backing was just a strengthener"; "he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook"

conformation

n. a symmetrical arrangement of the parts of a thing

susceptibility, susceptibleness

n. the state of being susceptible; easily affected

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