Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Non-resistance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Nonresistance; passive submission; irresistance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Lack of
resistance ;passive submission .
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Examples
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She suffered it with an unresistance that invited.
Love-at-Arms Rafael Sabatini 1912
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But this time she raised him up without a word, and he answered her touch with curious unresistance, like a man hypnotized and stood speechless, but with eyes that were filled with eloquence.
Who Cares? a story of adolescence Cosmo Hamilton 1910
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Sheila didn’t struggle, choosing a rigid unresistance to his touch.
Touch the Wind Janet Dailey 1986
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Sheila didn’t struggle, choosing a rigid unresistance to his touch.
Touch the Wind Janet Dailey 1986
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