resistance

Definition

  • noun: refusal to accept something new or different
  • noun: an act or instance of 'resisting'
  • often + 'from'

Examples

  • He offered no 'resistance' when he was arrested. [=he did not try to prevent himself from being arrested]

  • She tends to 'follow the path of least resistance' instead of going after what she really wants.

  • She sensed 'resistance from' some of the staff regarding the changes in policy.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) you don't need a lot of streamlining. By the time the ship's going fast enough for air resistance to matter... It'll be high enough that there's practically no air. You wanna send him into space under a tarp. (..)
    2015 The Martian