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Meaning of NONRESISTANT

Pronunciation:  `nânri'zistunt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  offering no resistance
  2. [adj]  (often followed by `to') likely to be affected with; "liable to diabetes"
 
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 Synonyms: compliant, liable(p), nonimmune, susceptible, unresistant
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Non`re*sist"ant\, a.
    Making no resistance.
    
  2. \Non`re*sist"ant\, n.
    One who maintains that no resistance should be made to
    constituted authority, even when unjustly or oppressively
    exercised; one who advocates or practices absolute
    submission; also, one who holds that violence should never be
    resisted by force.
    
 

 

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