Mock and Resist

Mock

Mock verb - To go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of.

Usage example: a person willing to mock the religious prohibition against working on the Sabbath

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Resist and mock are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Resist" instead a verb "Mock".

Nearby Words: mockery, mocking, mocked, mocker, mockingly

Resist verb - To refuse to give in to.

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Mock and resist are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mock" instead a verb "Resist".

time	mock time	resist time
attempts	mock attempts	resist attempts

When they conduct a mock trial of Beckert, he attacks their sense of moral superiority, declaring that he does what he does because he's haunted by unwanted compulsions he can't resist, while they do what they do because they freely chose crime instead of honest work.

Source: What Is Evil?

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