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

  • (..) The idea that I was bombing our own helpless children to hold back the rebels... It turned the last of my guards against me. There was no resistance left inside the capitol or the mansion. Do you know it aired live? There's a particular savvy in that, isn't there? (..)
    2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2