3. stop, check, stem, curb; obstruct, hinder, impede, block; thwart, foil, frustrate, cross,
Scot. thraw; restrain, restrict, inhibit, bar, interfere; prevent, preclude, prohibit, proscribe; forfend, obviate, override.
4. refrain, avoid, abstain, forbear; desist, refuse, quit, stop; renounce, eschew, swear off, take no part in; check oneself, contain oneself, deny oneself. resistance, n. 1. withstanding, opposition, contravention, counteraction; repugnance, repulsion, oppug-nance, repellence; stand, front, repulse, rebuff; defiance, refusal, oppugnancy, Rare, oppugnation; selfpreservation, self-defense, protection, defense; recalcitrance, renitency, refractoriousness, obstinacy; rebelliousness, intransigence, stubbornness, contumacy.
2. insurgency, insubordination, mutiny, sedition, insurrection, revolt; uprising, riot, strike; protest, demonstration, boycott; collision, clash, contention, fight, struggle; encounter, confrontation, crossing, combat.
3. impediment, hindrance, obstruction, obstacle; preclusion, prevention, proscription, prohibition, interdiction; frustration, thwarting, inhibition. resistant, adj. 1. withstanding, repellent, defiant, opposing, antagonistic, counteractive; repugnant, clashing, reactionary, oppugnant, dissident; indomitable, die-hard, intractable, obstreperous; belligerent, bellicose, hostile; insubordinate, rebellious, disobedient; obstinate, stubborn, recalcitrant, renitent, contumacious; restive, recusant, refractory; riotous, wild, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, indocile, incorrigible.
2. immovable, unsubmissive, unyielding, uncomplying; obstructive, retardant, reluctant; opposed, at odds, disagreeing, unwilling, averse; intransigent, inflexible, willful, uncompromising, headstrong, stiffnecked.
3. hard, tough, resistive, firm, solid, strong; tight, proof, rigid, stiff; fireproof, asbestine, flame-resistant, flame-retardant, flameproof, rustproof; waterproof, watertight; soundproof, airtight, hermetic, leakproof; bulletproof, armored, shatterproof, bombproof, shellproof; burglarproof, impregnable, foolproof. resolute, adj. 1. determined, resolved, decided, firm, set, intent, steadfast, stable; earnest, serious, concentrated; iron, adamantine, steely, fast, staunch; confident, self-possessed, self-assured, self-reliant; purposeful, purposive, deliberate, inflexible, strong-willed, grim, strong-minded, stern, bulldog; unwavering, unfaltering, unswerving, unflinching, unhesitating, undeviating; unyielding, unbending; obstinate, obdurate, imperturbable, hard-line.
2. relentless, dogged, steady, constant, inexorable, implacable; plodding, persistent, indefatigable, unflagging, untiring; unchangeable, changeless, unalterable, immutable, irreversible, irrevocable; pertinacious, persevering, tenacious, Inf. stick-to-it-ive; single-minded, devoted, dedicated.
3. undaunted, dauntless, unshaken; bold, hardy, game, plucky, spunky, Inf. scrappy, gritty, SI. gutsy, Inf. hellbent; stout-hearted, indomitable, doughty; spirited, mettlesome, valiant, courageous, gallant, brave; stalwart, lion-hearted, daring, audacious, fearless, unafraid; chivalrous, soldierly, heroic; adventurous, venturesome, enterprising, industrious. resolution, n. 1. declaration, decree, judgment, opinion; expression, statement, proclamation; conclusion, finding, verdict, sentence, ruling.
2. determination, intent, intention, point, aim; resolve, decision, objective; plan, purpose, ambition, resonant, adj. 1. resounding, booming, thunder-project, idea; aspiration, desire, nisus, desideratum; ous, loud, powerful, amplified; ringing, singing, tol-