Scrabble?! RESISTANCE

Definitions of RESISTANCE in various dictionaries:

noun - the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with

noun - any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion

noun - a material's opposition to the flow of electric current

noun - the military action of resisting the enemy's advance

noun - (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease

noun - the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents

noun - a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force

noun - the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)

noun - (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness

noun - an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current

noun - group action in opposition to those in power

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

A force that tends to oppose or retard motion.

Often Resis- tance.

A process in which the ego opposes the conscious recall of unpleasant experiences.

Biology.

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 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.