Another word for resistance
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Noun
The act of resisting
- Alternative form of renitence.
- The state or quality of being renitent; resistance; reluctance.
- Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
- The act of opposing or resisting.
- The condition of being in conflict; antagonism:
- Placement opposite to or in contrast with another.
See also:The capacity to withstand
- Lack of susceptibility, or of capacity to feel or perceive.
- Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
- the state of being impervious
- The quality or condition of being immune:
- Inherited, acquired, or induced resistance to infection by a specific pathogen.
- Exemption from certain generally applicable requirements of law or from certain liabilities, granted to special groups of people to facilitate the performance of their public functions:
See also:A clandestine organization of freedom fighters in an oppressed land
- Situated, occurring, or operating below the surface of the earth:
- Hidden or concealed; clandestine:
- Of or relating to an organization involved in secret or illegal activity:
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Another word for resistance
Noun
A defense
- The state or quality of being stubborn or refractory.
- The act or an instance of being stubborn or refractory.
- The act of opposing or resisting.
- The condition of being in conflict; antagonism:
- Placement opposite to or in contrast with another.
- The intentional denying of access to a network, networked device such as a switch, router, circuit, or networked resource, such as a database.
- In reference to a voice switch (see Figure B-2) or other device intentionally engineered to block some call attempts during the busiest hour of the day.This approach involves the concept of Grade of Service (GoS), which is the probability of blockage during the busy hour, expressed as a decimal fraction of the calls anticipated to be blocked. See also busy hour, GoS, and non-blocking.
- A characteristic of a switch that is not able to handle simultaneous connections for all attached devices or all switch ports.
- Present participle of impede.
- To attempt to harm or gain power over an adversary by blows or with weapons.
- To engage in a boxing match.
- To engage in a quarrel; argue:
- To place something upon or over, so as to protect or conceal:
- To overlay or spread with something:
- To put a cover or covering on:
- A movable device, especially a framed construction such as a room divider or a decorative panel, designed to divide, conceal, or protect.
- One that serves to protect, conceal, or divide:
- A coarse sieve used for sifting out fine particles, as of sand, gravel, or coal.
- A broad piece of armor made of rigid material and strapped to the arm or carried in the hand for protection against hurled or thrusted weapons.
- A person or thing that provides protection.
- A steel sheet attached to an artillery piece to protect gunners from small-arms fire and shrapnel.
- A precautionary measure:
- A mechanical device designed to prevent accidents or injury.
- A protective stipulation, as in a contract.
- The act of protecting.
- The condition of being protected.
- One that protects:
- Present participle of protect.
- Hesitant or wavering:
- Imperfect; defective:
- Limping; lame.
- A piece of paper that is a negotiable instrument drawn on a bank and payable on demand to the person identified as the payee. A piece of paper that is a negotiable instrument drawn on a bank and payable on demand to the person identified as the payee.
- The top layer or course of a masonry wall, usually having a slanting upper surface to shed water; a cope.
- The act or an example of defying; bold resistance to an opposing force or authority.
- Intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude; readiness to contend or resist.
- Something that obstructs; an obstacle:
- The act of obstructing:
- The condition of being obstructed:
- A blunt or abrupt repulse or refusal, as to an offer.
- A check or an abrupt setback to progress or action:
- To reject bluntly, often disdainfully; snub:
- A violation of the rules in lacrosse in which a player in possession of the ball uses a free hand or arm to push or control the movement of a defender or a defender's stick.
- Present participle of withstand.
- Land rented or leased from another.
- Legally owned property, such as land, capital, or stocks.
- The collection of books and other reading materials at a library.
- To rise to an upright position on the feet.
- To assume or maintain an upright position as specified:
- To maintain an upright position on the feet.
- Present participle of parry.
- The act of one who parries.
Antonyms:The power of remaining impervious to an influence
- The state of being invulnerable.
- The quality or condition of being permanent; permanency.
- The quality or state of being stable, or firmly established; stability.
- Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
- Resistance to change, deterioration, or displacement.
- Constancy of character or purpose; steadfastness.
- Reliability; dependability.
- Firmness; security.
- Rapidity; swiftness.
- The quality or condition of color retention; colorfastness.
- The state or condition of being fixed.
- The state or condition of being unyielding.
- The act, quality, or power of withstanding hardship or stress:
- The state or fact of persevering:
- Continuing existence; duration.
- the state of being impervious
- The quality or condition of being hard.
- The relative resistance of a mineral to scratching, as measured by the Mohs scale.
- The relative resistance of a metal or other material to denting, scratching, or bending.
- the state of being immovable
- The quality or condition of being immune:
- Inherited, acquired, or induced resistance to infection by a specific pathogen.
- Exemption from certain generally applicable requirements of law or from certain liabilities, granted to special groups of people to facilitate the performance of their public functions:
Antonyms:The power of holding back another substance
- A measure of the total opposition to current flow in an alternating current circuit, made up of two components, ohmic resistance and reactance, and usually represented in complex notation as Z = R + iX, where R is the ohmic resistance and X is the reactance.
- An analogous measure of resistance to an alternating effect, as the resistance to vibration of the medium in sound transmission.
- The act of detaining.
- A period of temporary custody while awaiting trial.
- A holding of a person in custody or confinement by authorities for political or military reasons.
- To keep back, as for future use or for a special purpose:
- To set or cause to be set apart for a particular person or use:
- To keep or secure for oneself; retain:
- A rubbing away or wearing down by friction.
- A gradual reduction in number or strength because of stress or military action.
- A gradual reduction in personnel or membership because of resignation, retirement, or death, often viewed in contrast to reduction from layoffs.
- The rubbing of one object or surface against another.
- Conflict, as between persons having dissimilar ideas or interests; clash.
- A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies or substances in contact.
- Failure to conduct (heat, electricity, etc.).
- The act or process of delaying or impeding.
- The condition of being delayed or impeded.
- The extent to which something is held back or delayed.
An opposition
- To rise to an upright position on the feet.
- To assume or maintain an upright position as specified:
- To maintain an upright position on the feet.
- The forward part or surface, as of a building.
- The area, location, or position directly before or ahead.
- A position of leadership or superiority.
- The act or process of slowing down; a slackening of pace:
- A labor strike.
- The act of leaving or quitting a meeting, company, or organization, especially as a sign of protest.
- To hit sharply, as with a hand, fist, weapon, or implement:
- To inflict (a blow).
- To penetrate or pierce:
- To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, dealing with, or participating in as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion:
- The act or an instance of boycotting.
- A popular revolt against a government or its policies; a rebellion.
- The act or an instance of rising or rising up.
- The quality or circumstance of being rebellious.
- An instance of rebellion; an insurgence.
- plural form of partisan
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