noun (n)

• the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with(noun.act)

  Example:
  He encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens.
  

  Synonym:
  opposition
  

  source: wordnet30
• any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion(noun.phenomenon)

  source: wordnet30
• a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms(noun.phenomenon)

  Synonym:
  electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, ohmic resistance, resistivity
  

  source: wordnet30
• the military action of resisting the enemy's advance(noun.act)

  Example:
  The enemy offered little resistance.
  

  source: wordnet30
• (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease(noun.state)

  Synonym:
  immunity
  

  source: wordnet30
• the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents(noun.state)

  Example:
  These trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force(noun.group)

  Synonym:
  underground
  

  source: wordnet30
• the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)(noun.attribute)

  source: wordnet30
• (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness(noun.attribute)

  source: wordnet30
• an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current(noun.artifact)

  Synonym:
  resistor
  

  source: wordnet30
• group action in opposition to those in power(noun.act)

  source: wordnet30
• The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active.(noun)

  source: webster1913