resistence

== English == === Noun === resistence (countable and uncountable, plural resistences) (rare) Alternative form of resistance. ==== Usage notes ==== This spelling is now rare enough that it may be considered a misspelling by some speakers. === Anagrams === reticenses == Middle English == === Alternative forms === resistaunce, resistance, resystens, recystence, reyssystens, resystence, recistence, recistens, resistens === Etymology === From Old French resistence, from Latin resistentia; equivalent to resisten +‎ -ence. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /rɛsisˈtɛns(ə)/, /ˈrɛsistɛns(ə)/, /rɛˈsistɛns(ə)/ === Noun === resistence (uncountable) Military resistance or opposition to a government. Passive or peaceful resistance or opposition to a government. Challenge, obstruction; a hazard or obstacle. (rare) Hardness, rigidity; the state of being firm or non-flexible. (rare) An opposing argument; a response to an argument (rare) An individual's capability for resisting. (rare) A strike or attack. ==== Descendants ==== English: resistance, resistence Scots: resistance ==== References ==== “resistence, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 31 July 2019. == Middle French == === Noun === resistence f (plural resistences) resistance (act, process of resisting) ==== Descendants ==== French: résistance