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resistiˈbility
[f. as next + -ity. Cf. F. resistibilité.]
1. The quality of being resistible.
1617Donne Serm. cxxxii. Wks. 1839 V. 365 Resistibility and Irresistibility of Grace, which is every Artificers wearing now. 1642[see resistability]. a1656Hales Gold. Rem. (1688) 510 The Bremenses who handled the Head de gratia, & libero arbitrio in general, and in particular over⁓threw resistibility of Grace. 1850J. Brown Disc. & Sayings Our Lord (1852) II. xx. 300 This character of resistibility the evidence in favour of Christianity possesses. 1974Times 4 Feb. 8/2 Irresistibility is simply not borne out by statistics. A survey conducted in 1965 showed not only that 81 per cent of Italian males objected to the closing of licensed brothels but that nearly three quarters made use of prostitutes, which suggests a high degree of resistibility.
2. Power of offering resistance.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 3 Whether the resistibility of his reason did not equivalence the facility of her seduction. 1690Locke Hum. Und. iv. vii. §13 The complex Idea of Extension and Resistibility, or Solidity. 1820Blackw. Mag. VIII. 251 Such was its innate and surpassing resistibility of temperament, that it could not be overwhelmed. |