Resisting touching (7)
I believe the answer is:
against
'touching' is the definition.
(eg leaning against something)
I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for against that I've seen before include "on the other side" , "Not in favour of" , "In competition with" , "Versus - in contact with" , "Not favouring" .)