the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.

the opposition offered by one thing, force, etc., to another.

Electricity .

Also called ohmic resistance. a property of a conductor by virtue of which the passage of current is opposed, causing electric energy to be transformed into heat: equal to the voltage across the conductor divided by the current flowing in the conductor: usually measured in ohms. Abbreviation

R

a conductor or coil offering such opposition; resistor.

Psychiatry . opposition to an attempt to bring repressed thoughts or feelings into consciousness.

( often initial capital letter ) an underground organization composed of groups of private individuals working as an opposition force in a conquered country to overthrow the occupying power, usually by acts of sabotage, guerrilla warfare, etc.

the resistance during the German occupation in World War II.

Stock Exchange . resistance level.

noun

compliance , conforming , cooperation , submission

noun

battle , blocking , check , combat , contention , counteraction , cover , defiance , detention , fight , friction , halting , hindrance , holding , impedance , impediment , impeding , intransigence , obstruction , parrying , protecting , protection , rebuff , refusal , retardation , safeguard , screen , shield , stand , striking back , struggle , support , warding off , watch , withstanding , opposition , renitence , renitency , immunity , imperviousness , insusceptibility , unsusceptibility , underground , antagonism , defense , movement , oppugnation , rebellion , recalcitration