Son meets resistance during embracing showing lack of care perhaps (9)
I believe the answer is:
shrugging
'lack of care perhaps' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'son meets resistance during embracing' is the wordplay.
'son' becomes 's' (genealogical abbreviation for son).
'meets resistance' becomes 'r' (I've seen this in other clues).
'during' indicates putting letters inside.
'embracing' becomes 'hugging' ('hug' can be a synonym of 'embrace').
'r' put within 'hugging' is 'hrugging'.
's'+'hrugging'='SHRUGGING'
'showing' is the link.
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