resistance

The act or an instance of resisting or the capacity to resist.

A force that tends to oppose or retard motion.

An underground organization engaged in a struggle for national liberation in a country under military or totalitarian occupation.

A process in which the ego opposes the conscious recall of anxiety-producing experiences.

The capacity of an organism to defend itself against a disease.

The capacity of an organism or a tissue to withstand the effects of a harmful environmental agent.

The inability of a cell, tissue, or organ to respond to a certain hormone, drug, or other biologically active substance in a desired way.

The opposition of a body or substance to current passing through it, resulting in a change of electrical energy into heat or another form of energy.

Thermal resistance.