resisting

Definitions

The act of exerting force to oppose or withstand the effect of something.

Refusing to comply with or submit to someone or something.

Preventing oneself from doing or having something desired.

Examples

She found herself resisting the urge to check her phone during the important meeting.

The protesters were arrested for resisting arrest after the police arrived at the scene.

Synonyms

opposing defying withstanding combating fighting refusing thwarting

Antonyms

yielding submitting complying accepting surrendering agreeing capitulating