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recalcitration

recalcitration noun: opposition, repugnance, or unwillingness to follow rules or obey.

Noun

recalcitration (countable and uncountable, plural recalcitrations)

  1. opposition, repugnance, or unwillingness to follow rules or obey.
    • In this well-meant attempt he was foiled by the recalcitration of both the parties concerned.1897, Stanley John Weyman, “The Professor and the Harpy”, in For the Cause

Forms of recalcitration

pluralrecalcitrations

Questions about recalcitration

What does recalcitration mean?
Recalcitration means opposition, repugnance, or unwillingness to follow rules or obey.
What part of speech is recalcitration?
Recalcitration is a noun.
What is the plural of recalcitration?
The plural of recalcitration is recalcitrations.

Words near recalcitration in the dictionary

  1. recalcitrants
  2. recalcitrate
  3. recalcitrated
  4. recalcitrates
  5. recalcitrating
  6. recalcitration
  7. recalcitrations
  8. recalcs
  9. recalculable
  10. recalculate
  11. recalculated

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