Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Non-resistance; passive submission.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Nonresistance; passive submission.
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- noun archaic
passive submission ; lack ofresistance
Etymologies
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ir- + resistance
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Examples
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The second, in the instances of passive courage or endurance of sufferings, patience under affronts and injuries, humility, irresistance, placability.
Evidence of Christianity William Paley 1774
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