resistance
     n 1: the action of opposing something that you disapprove or
          disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of
          resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from
          the newspapers he went ahead" [syn: {opposition}]
     2: any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
     3: a material's opposition to the flow of electric current;
        measured in ohms [syn: {electric resistance}, {electrical
        resistance}, {impedance}, {resistivity}, {ohmic resistance}]
     4: the military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the
        enemy offered little resistance"
     5: (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist
        disease [syn: {immunity}]
     6: a secret group organized to overthrow a government or
        occupation force [syn: {underground}]
     7: the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing
        microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in
        penicillin-resistant bacteria)
     8: (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings
        into conscious awareness
     9: an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical
        current [syn: {resistor}]
     10: group action in opposition to those in power
Source: WordNet® 2.0