to resist; to repel; to refuse

to tactfully decline; to turn down gracefully

to resist; to stand up to

to resist; to struggle; to sustain

to meet with a refusal (e.g. visa); to have an application rejected

act of God; force majeure (law); irresistible (idiom)

to reject sb after being deeply touched by them (Internet slang)

to refuse nobody (idiom); all comers welcome

deep, closed and refusing (idiom); obstinate; stubborn and perverse