resistence
Pronunciation: /rɛsisˈtɛns(ə)/
“resistence” is a Middle English word. Its 7 meanings in English:
noun
- Military resistance or opposition to a government.
- Passive or peaceful resistance or opposition to a government.
- Challenge, obstruction; a hazard or obstacle.
- Hardness, rigidity; the state of being firm or non-flexible.
- An opposing argument; a response to an argument
- An individual's capability for resisting.
- A strike or attack.
Etymology
From Old French resistence, from Latin resistentia; equivalent to resisten + -ence.
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