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inhibition(noun, opposition, hindrance, counteraction)
8
refusal(noun, support, cover, check, fight)
8
conflict(noun, action, trouble, fight, dispute)
8
contention(noun, action, fight, dislike, struggle)
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interference(noun, trouble, dispute, conflict, disagreement)
8
protection(noun, support, cover, check, position)
8
tolerance(noun, strength, energy, ability, vigor)
7
blocking(noun, conflict, opposition, obstruction, fighting)
7
check(noun, verb, opposition, fighting, impermeability)
7
defense(noun, action, cover, split, struggle)
7
impediment(noun, opposition, hindrance, fighting, impermeability)
7
indisposition(noun, dislike, opposition, refusal, disinclination)
7
reluctance(noun, dislike, opposition, refusal, disinclination)
7
renitency(noun, act, resist, protection, endurance)
7
repulsion(noun, action, split, struggle, division)
7
resistor(noun, electricity)
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stubbornness(noun, defiance, unwillingness, noncooperation)
6
obstinacy(noun, opposition, stubbornness, defiance, unwillingness)
6
antipathy(noun, dislike, disagreement, opposition, hatred)
6
contrariety(noun, action, dislike, split, struggle)
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