Unresisting


verb (used with object)
1.
to withstand, strive against, or oppose:
to resist infection; to resist temptation.
2.
to withstand the action or effect of:
to resist spoilage.
3.
to refrain or abstain from, especially with difficulty or reluctance:
They couldn’t resist the chocolates.
verb (used without object)
4.
to make a stand or make efforts in opposition; act in opposition; offer resistance.
noun
5.
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
6.
Textiles. a chemically inert substance used in resist printing.
adjective
1.
not fighting against something or someone; yielding: she lay unresisting beneath him
verb
1.
to stand firm (against); not yield (to); fight (against)
2.
(transitive) to withstand the deleterious action of; be proof against: to resist corrosion
3.
(transitive) to oppose; refuse to accept or comply with: to resist arrest, to resist the introduction of new technology
4.
(transitive) to refrain from, esp in spite of temptation (esp in the phrases cannot or could not resist (something))
noun
5.
a substance used to protect something, esp a coating that prevents corrosion

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