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recusancy

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rec⋅u⋅san⋅cy

  [rek-yuh-zuhn-see, ri-koo-]
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–noun
1. the state of being recusant.
2. obstinate refusal or opposition.
Origin:
1555–65; recus(ant) + -ancy
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rec·u·sant   (rěk'yə-zənt, rĭ-kyōō'-)   
n.  

  1. One of the Roman Catholics in England who incurred legal and social penalties in the 16th century and afterward for refusing to attend services of the Church of England.

  2. A dissenter; a nonconformist.

rec'u·san·cy n., rec'u·sant adj.
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