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Synonyms for resistance

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineActions

the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with

He encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

opposition

Same sentence, swapped: He encountered a general feeling of opposition from many citizens.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for resistance as it is used in the sentence above.

immunity
engagement
fetch

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Closest first: other actions words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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