| resistance opposition | the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with, he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens, despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead |
easing
easement
alleviation
relief | the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance), he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain |
line of least resistance
path of least resistance | the easiest way, In marrying him she simply took the path of least resistance |
least effort
least resistance | the least effortful way to do something |
| resistance | the military action of resisting the enemy's advance, the enemy offered little resistance |
| relief | the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged, he asked for troops for the relief of Atlanta |
| relief | aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped, he has been on relief for many years |
| resistance | group action in opposition to those in power |
| sales resistance | resistance by potential customers to aggressive selling practices |
relief succor
succour
ministration | assistance in time of difficulty, the contributions provided some relief for the victims |
passive resistance
nonviolent resistance
nonviolence | peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate |
alto relievo
alto rilievo
high relief | a sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth |
bas relief
low relief
basso relievo
basso rilievo | a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background, no figures are undercut |
collector's item
showpiece
piece de resistance | the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection |
contour map
relief map | a map having contour lines through points of equal elevation |
relief
relievo
rilievo
embossment
sculptural relief | sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background |
| resistance pyrometer | pyrometer that measures high temperatures by the resistance in a heated wire |
resistance thermometer
platinum thermometer | thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the resistance of a spiral of platinum wire |
resistor
resistance | an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current |
safety valve
relief valve
escape valve
escape cock
escape | a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler), it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level |
| resistance | (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness |
| resistance | the degree of unresponsiveness of a diseaseausing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillinesistant bacteria) |
relief printing
letterpress | printing from a plate with raised characters |
easing
moderation
relief | a change for the better |
relief
alleviation
assuagement | the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced, as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief |
| piece de resistance | the most important dish of a meal |
First of October Antifascist Resistance Group
GRAPO | an armed wing of the (illegal) Communist Party of Spain, seeks to overthrow the Spanish government and replace it with a Marxist-Leninist regime, GRAPO is vehemently opposed to the United States |
Hamas
Islamic Resistance Movement | a militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon, seeks to create an Islamic state in place of Israel, is opposed to the PLO and has become a leading perpetrator of terrorist activity in Israel, pioneered suicide bombing |
| Lord's Resistance Army | a quasieligious rebel group in Uganda that terrorized and raped women and kidnapped children who were forced to serve in the army |
underground
resistance | a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force |
reliever
relief pitcher
fireman | a pitcher who does not start the game |
stand-in
substitute
relief
reliever backup
backup man
fill-in | someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult), the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes, we need extra employees for summer fill-ins |
| resistance | any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion |
electric resistance
electrical resistance
impedance
resistance resistivity
ohmic resistance | a material's opposition to the flow of electric current, measured in ohms |
acoustic resistance
acoustic impedance
acoustic reactance | opposition to the flow of sound through a surface, acoustic resistance is the real component of acoustic impedance and acoustic reactance is the imaginary component |
| relief | (law) redress awarded by a court, was the relief supposed to be protection from future harm or compensation for past injury? |
| resistance unit | the reciprocal of conductance |
relief
ease | the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress), he enjoyed his relief from responsibility, getting it off his conscience gave him some ease |
| resistance | the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents, these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog |
| immunity resistance | (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease |
respite
rest
relief
rest period | a pause for relaxation, people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests |