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Having no power to resist; making no opposition.

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  1. a. Having no power to resist; making no opposition.
  2. a. Incapable of being resisted; irresistible.
  3. adj. impossible to resist; overpowering
  4. adj. offering no resistance, passively accepting of a situation
  5. 1. Having no power to resist; making no opposition. [Obs. or R.] Spenser. 2. Incapable of being resisted; irresistible. Masters' commands come with a power resistless To such as owe them absolute subjection. Milton. -- Re*sist"less*ly, adv. -- Re*sist"less*ness, n.
  6. s. offering no resistance