a disposition to remain inactive or inert

resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ, stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something, elude, especially in a baffling way, transitive To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose, To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction, To make opposition, intransitive To remain unaltered, undamaged, or unaffected by; withstand, To keep from giving in to, engaging in, or enjoying, To offer resistance, noun_ A substance that can cover and protect a surface, as from corrosion, A stopping-out; also, the material used for stopping out

The capacity to do work or cause physical change; energy, strength, or active power, Power made operative against resist, One that possesses such capacity, transitive verb_ To compel through pressure or necessity, To move or effect against resistance or inertia, To move, open, or clear by force