recalcitrate
verb (used without object)
to resist or oppose; show strong objection or repugnance.
recalcitration
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a word derived from
recalcitrate.
Example Sentences
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We have ourselves been caned severely in passing through a wood by the rebound, the recalcitration we may call it, of elastic branches which we had displaced.
From The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 by Alexander H. (Alexander Hay) Japp
The recalcitration of Austria, which had reached the point of threatening war if Parma were joined to Piedmont, contained the germs of her dissolution as an Italian power.
From Cavour by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
The issue of his recalcitration must be left between him and Isom.
From The Bondboy by George W. (George Washington) Ogden
More than modern independence was prepared for, though I should not have expected recalcitration in a young Lily; but I think there was more ruffling of temper and more reserve than I can quite understand.'
From Beechcroft at Rockstone by Charlotte Mary Yonge
From this hour there was no serious attempt at recalcitration on her part.
From The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy
