RESIST

Elude, especially in a baffling way

Example: "This behavior defies explanation"

• defy  11
• refuse  9

• elude  6
• escape  10

• beggar  10

Stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

• hold out
• stand firm
• withstand  16

• defend  11
• fight  12
• fight back
• fight down
• oppose  10

• stand out
• outbrave  13
• hold off
• remain firm
• • stand  6
  • defy  11
  • hold  8
  • hold up
  • withstand  16
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• surrender  10

Express opposition through action or words

Example: "Dissent to the laws of the country"

• dissent  8
• protest  9

• contradict  15
• controvert  15
• oppose  10

• strike  10
• walk out
• demonstrate  14
• march  12
• • arise  5
  • rebel  7
  • rise  4
  • rise up
  • rebel  7
  • renegade  10
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Withstand the force of something

Example: "The trees resisted her"

• fend  8
• stand  6

Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

Example: "His body rejected the liver of the donor"

• refuse  9
• reject  15

Refuse to comply

• balk  10
• baulk  11
• jib  12