“Any time we try to push something away through fight
We’re getting stuck.
Resistance of any sort is the way to receive
What we do not want.”
- Transcendental Awakenings
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resistance |riˈzistəns|
noun
1 the refusal to accept or comply with something; the attempt to prevent something by action or argument : she put up no resistance to being led away.
• armed or violent opposition : government forces were unable to crush guerrilla-style resistance.
• (also resistance movement) [in sing. ] a secret organization resisting authority, esp. in an occupied country.
• ( the Resistance) the underground movement formed in France during World War II to fight the German occupying forces and the Vichy government. Also called maquis .
• the impeding, slowing, or stopping effect exerted by one material thing on another : air resistance would need to be reduced by streamlining.
2 the ability not to be affected by something, esp. adversely : some of us have a lower resistance to cold than others.
• Medicine & Biology lack of sensitivity to a drug, insecticide, etc., esp. as a result of continued exposure or genetic change.
3 the degree to which a substance or device opposes the passage of an electric current, causing energy dissipation. Ohm's law resistance (measured in ohms) is equal to the voltage divided by the current.
• a resistor or other circuit component that opposes the passage of an electric current.
PHRASES
the line (or path) of least resistance an option avoiding difficulty or unpleasantness; the easiest course of action.
ORIGIN late Middle English : from French résistance, from late Latinresistentia, from the verb resistere ‘hold back’ (see resist ).