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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, resisted, resisting

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