<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding</li><li>the opposition offered by one thing, force, etc., to another</li><li>Electricity: a property of a conductor by virtue of which the passage of current is opposed, causing electric energy to be transformed into heat</li><li>a conductor or coil offering such opposition; resistor</li><li>Psychiatry: opposition to an attempt to bring repressed thoughts or feelings into consciousness</li><li>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</li><li>resistance level</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>intransigence</li><li>defiance</li><li>obstinacy</li><li>opposition</li></ul>