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Synonyms
resist

verb

  1. elude, especially in a baffling way: "This behavior defies explanation"
  2. stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
  3. express opposition through action or words: "dissent to the laws of the country"
  4. withstand the force of something: "The trees resisted her"
  5. resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ: "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
  6. refuse to comply