† resistaln.
Obsolete. rare.
An act of resistance.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opposition or resistance
witherOE
wiþerstrencþc1175
withstanding1303
resistancea1325
gainstandinga1340
withsetting1340
resistencec1390
again-standingc1400
resisting1436
repugnance?a1439
gainstandc1470
disstandingc1485
against-standinga1500
repugnancya1500
resist1535
objection1543
reluctation1593
resistment1605
rebeck1609
reluctance1609
reluctancy1613
obluctation1615
redaction1621
resistencya1623
obstrigillation1623
resistal1631
resistancy1656
recalcitration1658
stemc1700
calcitration1867
push-back1984
1631 T. Heywood Fair Maid of West: 2nd Pt. iv. sig. I3 All resistalls, Quarells, and ripping up of injuries, Are smother'd in the ashes of our wrath.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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