Related Words for resisting

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refuse
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Verb, Verb
protest
/x
Verb, Verb
defy
x/
Verb, Verb
withstand
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Verb, Verb
stand
/
Verb, Verb
dissent
x/
Verb, Verb
balk
/
Verb, Verb
jib
/
Verb, Verb
hold out
//
Phrase, Verb
stand firm
//
Phrase, Verb
apply
x/
Adverb, Verb, Adjective
give up
//
Phrase, Adjective, Verb
succumbing
x/x
Verb
acquiescing
xx/x
Verb
resistance
x/x
Noun
suppressing
x/x
Verb
thwarting
/x
Noun
rejecting
x/x
Verb
countering
/xx
Verb
surrendering
x/xx
Verb
evading
x/x
Verb
counteracting
xx/x
Verb
exerting
x/x
Verb
ignoring
x/x
Verb
justifying
/xxx
Verb
confronting
x/x
Verb
embracing
x/x
Adjective
resistant
x/x
Noun
preventing
x/x
Verb
restraining
x/x
Verb
fighting
/x
Noun
stopping
/x
Verb
subduing
x/x
Verb
combating
x/x
Verb
pushing
/x
Verb
temptation
x/x
Noun
opposing
x/x
Verb
avoiding
x/x
Verb
pressuring
/xx
Verb
overcoming
/xxx
Verb
rebelling
x/x
Verb
tolerating
/xxx
Verb
inducing
x/x
Adjective
relenting
x/x
Noun
denying
x/x
Verb
repressing
x/x
Verb
rationalizing
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Noun
refraining
x/x
Verb
impeding
x/x
Verb
goading
/x
Noun
dislodging
x/x
Verb
crushing
/x
Verb
denouncing
x/x
Verb
undermining
/xxx
Noun
inhibiting
x/xx
Verb
supporting
x/x
Verb
repelling
x/x
Verb
stalling
/x
Noun
weakening
/xx
Noun
abandoning
x/xx
Verb
delaying
x/x
Verb
eluding
x/x
Verb
encroaching
x/x
Noun
complying
x/x
Verb
condemning
x/x
Verb
obstructing
x/x
Verb
reversing
x/x
Verb
renouncing
x/x
Verb
obeying
x/x
Verb
oppressing
x/x
Verb
insisting
x/x
Verb
reacting
x/x
Verb
controlling
x/x
Verb
persevering
xx/x
Adjective
punishing
/xx
Verb
circumventing
xx/x
Verb
aiding
/x
Verb
arresting
x/x
Verb
concentrating
/xxx
Verb
accepting
x/x
Verb
disregarding
xx/x
Verb
objecting
x/x
Verb
intensifying
x/xxx
Verb
responding
x/x
Verb
cooperating
x/xxx
Verb
committing
x/x
Verb
battling
/xx
Verb
adapting
x/x
Verb
absorbing
x/x
Verb
recognizing
/xxx
Verb
deflecting
x/x
Noun
attacking
x/x
Verb
agitating
/xxx
Verb
restricting
x/x
Verb
bending
/x
Noun
disobeying
xx/x
Verb
urge
/
Noun
seizing
/x
Verb
smothering
/xx
Noun
subverting
x/x
Verb
hindering
/xx
Verb
undercutting
/xxx
Noun
sustaining
x/x
Adjective
rebuking
x/x
Verb
sabotaging
/xxx
Verb
reinforcing
xx/x
Verb
persisting
x/x
Verb
usurping
x/x
Verb
negating
x/x
Verb
softening
/xx
Noun
advocating
/xxx
Verb
enforcing
x/x
Verb
betraying
x/x
Verb
anticipating
x/xxx
Verb
defeating
x/x
Adjective
expelling
x/x
Verb
sticking
/x
Verb
forcing
/x
Verb
retaliating
x/xxx
Verb
mimicking
/xx
Verb
initiating
x/xxx
Verb
decrying
x/x
Verb
inciting
x/x
Verb
relinquishing
x/xx
Verb
reducing
x/x
Verb
constraining
x/x
Noun
breaking
/x
Noun
impervious
x/xx
Adjective
discouraging
x/xx
Adjective
acknowledging
x/xx
Verb
quelling
/x
Verb
protecting
x/x
Verb
coercing
x/x
Verb
forestalling
x/x
Verb
escaping
x/x
Verb
limiting
/xx
Verb
resenting
x/x
Verb
yielding
/x
Verb
imitating
/xxx
Verb
influencing
/xxx
Verb
embodying
x/xx
Verb
prodding
/x
Noun
insistent
x/x
Adjective
criticizing
/xxx
Verb
assaulting
x/x
Verb
defending
x/x
Verb
assisting
x/x
Verb
fleeing
/x
Verb
repudiating
x/xxx
Verb
considering
x/xx
Verb
postponing
x/x
Verb
indulging
x/x
Verb
asserting
x/x
Verb
relentless
x/x
Adjective
interrogating
x/xxx
Verb
intruding
x/x
Verb
contending
x/x
Noun
encouraging
x/xx
Adjective
conspiring
x/x
Verb
inspiring
x/x
Adjective
vacillating
/xxx
Adjective
inclining
x/x
Verb
suggesting
x/x
Verb
inquiring
x/xx
Verb
longer
/x
Adjective
hard
/
Adjective
more
/
Adjective
absorbent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
absorptive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
addressing
x/x
Noun
aggression
x/x
Noun
alloy
/x
Noun, Verb
anything
/xx
Noun, Adverb
arguing
/xx
Noun
avail
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
be
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
bituminous
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
boycotting
/xx
Noun
briefly
/x
Adverb
cease
/
Verb, Noun
con
/
Noun, Verb
convince
x/
Verb
disappearing
xx/x
Noun
doubting
/x
Noun
ductile
/x
Adjective
durable
/xx
Adjective, Noun
dying
/x
Adjective, Noun
fireproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
hardening
/xx
Noun
impatient
x/x
Adjective
insulating
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Adjective
malleable
/xxx
Adjective
nonmagnetic
xx/x
Adjective
partake
x/
Verb
preservative
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
proofing
/x
Noun
read
/
Verb, Noun
receding
x/x
Adjective, Noun
refracting
x/x
Noun
resilient
x/x
Adjective
something
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
suffice
x/
Verb
surviving
x/x
Adjective
transmitting
x/x
Noun
undone
x/
Adjective
weathering
/xx
Noun
while
/
Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
shirtless
/x
Adjective
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb
sorta
/x
Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
literally
/xxx
Adverb