resistence

Middle English

/rɛˈzistɛns(ə)/

noun
Definitions
  • Military resistance or opposition to a government.
  • Passive or peaceful resistance or opposition to a government.
  • Challenge, obstruction; a hazard or obstacle.
  • (rare) Hardness, rigidity; the state of being firm or non-flexible.
  • (rare) An opposing argument; a response to an argument
  • (rare) An individual's capability for resisting.
  • (rare) A strike or attack.

Etymology

Derived from Old French resistence derived from Latin resistentia affix from Middle English resisten.

Origin

Middle English

resisten

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