| resist | withstand the force of something |
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| resist | stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something |
| resist | fight back, also metaphorically |
| resist | refuse to comply |
| resist | elude, esp. in a baffling way |
| resist | the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with |
| resist | the military action of resisting the enemy's advance |
| resist | group action in opposition to those in power |
| resist | an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current |
| resist | (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness |
| resist | the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) |
| resist | a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force |