resist in WordNet English dictionary

1. refuse to comply
   resist  balk  baulk  jib 
   
2. elude, especially in a baffling way
   "This behavior defies explanation"
   defy  resist  refuse 
   
3. express opposition through action or words
   "dissent to the laws of the country"
   protest  resist  dissent 
   
4. withstand the force of something
   "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"
   resist  stand  fend 
   
5. stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
   resist  hold out  withstand  stand firm 
   
6. resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
   "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
   resist  reject  refuse