unresistance

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ resistance.

Noun

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unresistance (uncountable)

  1. Lack of resistance; [[passive#Adjective|]] submission.
    • 1651, Jos[eph] Hall, “Soliloq[uy] LXVI. Dumbe Homage.”, in Susurrium cum Deo. Soliloquies: Or, Holy Self-conferences of the Devout Soul, [], 2nd edition, London: [] Will[iam] Hunt, and are to be sold by George Lathum junior, [], →OCLC, page 242:
      [H]ovv doe they [animals] beare our ſtripes vvith a trembling unreſiſtance?

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