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Resistance
  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"
  2. the military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the enemy offered little resistance"
  3. group action in opposition to those in power
  4. an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
  5. (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
  6. the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
  7. a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
  8. any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
  9. a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
  10. the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents; "these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog"
  11. (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
Resistances
  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"
  2. the military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the enemy offered little resistance"
  3. group action in opposition to those in power
  4. an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
  5. (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
  6. the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
  7. a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
  8. any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
  9. a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
  10. the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents; "these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog"
  11. (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
Reaction
  1. doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like; "his style of painting was a reaction against cubism"
  2. a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age"
  3. an idea evoked by some experience; "his reaction to the news was to start planning what to do"
  4. extreme conservatism in political or social matters; "the forces of reaction carried the election"
  5. a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude; "he was pleased by the audience's reaction to his performance"; "John feared his mother's reaction when she saw the broken lamp"
  6. (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body; "every action has an equal and opposite reaction"
  7. (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others; "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water"
Reactions
  1. doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like; "his style of painting was a reaction against cubism"
  2. a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age"
  3. an idea evoked by some experience; "his reaction to the news was to start planning what to do"
  4. extreme conservatism in political or social matters; "the forces of reaction carried the election"
  5. a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude; "he was pleased by the audience's reaction to his performance"; "John feared his mother's reaction when she saw the broken lamp"
  6. (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body; "every action has an equal and opposite reaction"
  7. (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others; "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water"
Rejection
  1. the act of rejecting something; "his proposals were met with rejection"
  2. the speech act of rejecting
  3. (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign; "rejection of the transplanted liver"
  4. the state of being rejected
Rejections
  1. the act of rejecting something; "his proposals were met with rejection"
  2. the speech act of rejecting
  3. (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign; "rejection of the transplanted liver"
  4. the state of being rejected
Renunciation
  1. the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)
  2. rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated"
  3. an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned
  4. the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
Renunciations
  1. the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)
  2. rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated"
  3. an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned
  4. the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
Riddance
  1. the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"
  2. the act of removing or getting rid of something
Riddances
  1. the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"
  2. the act of removing or getting rid of something