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1. Elude, especially in a baffling way
   "This behaviour resists explanation";
   - defy, refuse
    
2. Stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
   - hold out, withstand, stand firm, dispute [archaic]
    
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
   "His body resisted the liver of the donor";
   - reject, refuse
    
6. Refuse to comply
   - balk, baulk [Brit], jib

Derived forms: resists, resisting, resisted

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

Antonym: apply, give up

Encyclopedia: Resist