Synonyms for resistance

noun

• an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
• a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
• the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
• (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
• a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
• any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
• group action in opposition to those in power
• (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
• the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents
• the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
• the military action of resisting the enemy's advance