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unresistance en · NOUN

Etymology

From un- + resistance.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Lack of resistance; [[passive#Adjective|]] submission.
    • [H]ovv doe they [animals] beare our ſtripes vvith a trembling unreſiſtance? 1651, Jos[eph] Hall, “Soliloq[uy] LXVI. Dumbe Homage.”, in Susurrium cum Deo. Soliloquies: Or, Holy Self-conferences of the Devout Soul, […], 2nd edition, London: […] Will[iam] Hunt, and are to be sold by George Lathum junior, […], →OCLC, page 242:

Translations (3)

frm non resistance (lack of resistance) · fr non-résistance (lack of resistance) · fr non résistance (lack of resistance)