adjective 1.resisting pressure; resistant.
2.persistently opposing; recalcitrant.
Origin: 1695–1705; <
Latin renītent- (stem of
renītēns), present participle of
renītī to resist, equivalent to
re- re- +
nīt(
ī) to strive, make an effort +
-ent- -ent Related forms re·ni·ten·cy, re·ni·tence, noun