recalcitrance

Variant of recalcitrant

recalcitrant definition

re·cal·ci·trant (ri kal′si trənt)

adjective

  1. refusing to obey authority, custom, regulation, etc.; stubbornly defiant
  2. hard to handle or deal with

Etymology: L recalcitrans, prp. of recalcitrare, to kick back (in LL, to disobey) < re-, back + calcitrare, to kick < calx, heel: see calcar

noun

a recalcitrant person

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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