unresistance

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ resistance.

Noun

unresistance (uncountable)

Lack of resistance; [[passive#Adjective|]] submission.
- 1651, Jos[eph] Hall, “Soliloq[uy] LXVI. Dumbe Homage.”, in Susurrium cum Deo. Soliloquies: Or, Holy Self-conferences of the Devout Soul, […], 2nd edition, London: […] Will[iam] Hunt, and are to be sold by George Lathum junior, […], →OCLC, page 242:
  [H]ovv doe they [animals] beare our ſtripes vvith a trembling unreſiſtance?

Translations

lack of resistance

French: non-résistance (fr) f, non résistance f
Middle French: non resistance f

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