RESIST

Definition:

1. [verb] elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation"
   Synonyms: defy, refuse
   
   
2. [verb] stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
   Synonyms: hold out, withstand, stand firm
   
   
3. [verb] express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country"
   Synonyms: protest, dissent
   
   
4. [verb] withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"
   Synonyms: stand, fend
   
   
5. [verb] resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
   Synonyms: reject, refuse
   
   
6. [verb] refuse to comply
   Synonyms: balk, baulk, jib
   
   

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Related Words:

• beggar
• stand out
• stand up
• outbrave
• hold off
• stand, remain firm
• defy, withstand, hold, hold up
• strike, walk out
• demonstrate, march
• rebel, arise, rise, rise up
• rebel, renegade

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