Unresistance

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Lack of resistance; [[passive#Adjective|]] submission. uncountable

    "[H]ovv doe they [animals] beare our ſtripes vvith a trembling unreſiſtance?"

Example

More examples

"[H]ovv doe they [animals] beare our ſtripes vvith a trembling unreſiſtance?"

Etymology

From un- + resistance.

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