Resisting

//ɹɪˈzɪstɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    resistance

    "There has been a great deal written recently regarding the honesty, or rather dishonesty of action on the part of surety companies, their technical bonds, their resistings of payments, their scalings of losses, etc."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of resist form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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beyond controlcomplainingcontumaciousdefiantdisinclineddisputatious

Example

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"He stopped resisting, and resigned himself to his fate."

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