(law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality | group action in opposition to those in power |
the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent | the military action of resisting the enemy's advance |
the speech act of objecting | the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with |
the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest | an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current |
| the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) |
| (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness |
| a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force |
| any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion |
| a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms |
| (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease |
| the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents |