1. Elude, especially in a baffling way
   - defy, refuse 
2. Stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
   - hold out, withstand, stand firm 
3. Express opposition through action or words
   - protest, dissent 
4. Withstand the force of something
   "The trees resisted her"
   - stand, fend 
5. Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
   - reject, refuse 
6. Refuse to comply
   - balk, baulk [Brit], jib

Derived forms: resists, resisting, resisted

See also: resistance, resistant, resister, resistive

Type of: contradict, controvert, defend, disobey, elude, escape, fight, fight back, fight down, oppose, react, respond

Antonym: surrender

Encyclopedia: Resist

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• guilt
• guilt by association
• guilt feelings
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• guilt trip
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• guiltiness