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unresistance

unresistance noun: lack of resistance; [[passive#Adjective|]] submission.

Noun

unresistance (uncountable)

  1. Lack of resistance; [[passive#Adjective|]] submission.
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Origin of unresistance

From un- + resistance.

Questions about unresistance

What does unresistance mean?
Unresistance means lack of resistance; [[passive#Adjective|]] submission.
What part of speech is unresistance?
Unresistance is a noun.

Words near unresistance in the dictionary

  1. unresilience
  2. unresilient
  3. unresinated
  4. unresistable
  5. unresistably
  6. unresistance
  7. unresistant
  8. unresistantly
  9. unresisted
  10. unresistedly
  11. unresistible

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