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Personal Resistance

Action(s) taken by an individual that reflect his or her belief that a law or custom is wrong and that he or she has to defy it in order to act according to his or her conscience.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Personal Resistance." (Viewed on December 26, 2024) <https://jwa.org/node/11792>.