Resistances

noun

Word Frequency: 1.6

Definitions

1.nounThe act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.

"the resistance of bacteria to certain antibiotics"

2.nounA force that tends to oppose motion.

3.nounElectrical resistance.

4.nounAn underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.

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