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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Judge Grumkow's feelings soon after, on this furious recalcitration breaking out!
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 09 by Thomas Carlyle
The issue of his recalcitration must be left between him and Isom.
From The Bondboy by George W. (George Washington) Ogden
Her mother had no objection to offer to this; but as soon as the horseman had cantered down the drive toward the highway, Mrs. Dornell’s sympathy with Betty’s recalcitration began to die out.
From A Group of Noble Dames by Thomas Hardy
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
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
