Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The quality of not yielding to force or external pressure; that power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which prevents the effect of another power; as, the resistance of the air to a body passing through it; the resistance of a target to projectiles. 2. (n.) The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active. 3. (n.) A means or method of resisting; that which resists. 4. (n.) A certain hindrance or opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the conductivity, -- good conductors having a small resistance, while poor conductors or insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm.

Multi-Version Concordance Resistance (1 Occurrence) James 5:6 You have condemned--you have murdered-- the righteous man: he offers no resistance. (WEY)