What is the meaning of resist?

verb

• Elude, especially in a baffling way.
  • usage: "This behavior defies explanation"
  • synonyms: defy, refuse
• Stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something.
  • synonyms: hold out, withstand, stand firm
• Express opposition through action or words.
  • usage: "dissent to the laws of the country"
  • synonyms: protest, dissent
• Withstand the force of something.
  • usage: "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"
  • synonyms: stand, fend
• Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ.
  • usage: "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
  • synonyms: reject, refuse
• Refuse to comply.
  • synonyms: balk, baulk, jib