Noun
The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active.
The quality of not yielding to force or external pressure; that power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which prevents the effect of another power; as, the resistance of the air to a body passing through it; the resistance of a target to projectiles.
A means or method of resisting; that which resists.
A certain hindrance or opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the conductivity, -- good conductors having a small resistance, while poor conductors or insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm.
Source: Webster's dictionaryNone of us offers resistance when he is seized, or avenges himself for your unjust violence, although our people are numerous and plentiful...it is not lawful for us to hate, and so we please God more when we render no requital for injury...we repay your hatred with kindness. Cyprian
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. Mark Twain
The history of liberty is a history of resistance. Woodrow Wilson
Force, no matter how concealed, begets resistance. Native American Proverb
No matter how hidden a force is, it will attract some kind of resistance. Native American Proverb
What has submitted will exhibit resistance. Sumerian Proverb