What is another word for "resistance"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "resistance": action, against, air, alembic, although, and, andiron, antagonism, antagonistic, antagonize, area, athanor, backlog, bakehouse, bath, beat, block, boiler, brasier, burner, caboose, caldron, camboose, central, chamber, check, clash, coal, collision, combustion, compensate, compensation, conflict, conflicting, conservatory, contrariety, contrary, contravene, convective, counter.