recalcitration

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noun

opposition, repugnance, or unwillingness to follow rules or obey.

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Meanings

nounrecalcitration (countable and uncountable, plural recalcitrations)

plural recalcitrations

  1. countableuncountableopposition, 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
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APA

recalcitration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recalcitration

MLA

“recalcitration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recalcitration. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recalcitration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recalcitration.

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