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renitent

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re⋅ni⋅tent

  [ri-nahyt-nt, ren-i-tuhnt]
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–adjective
1. resisting pressure; resistant.
2. persistently opposing; recalcitrant.
Origin:
1695–1705; < L renītent- (s. of renītēns), prp. of renītī to resist, equiv. to re- re- + nīt(ī) to strive, make an effort + -ent- -ent

Related forms:
re⋅ni⋅ten⋅cy, re⋅ni⋅tence, noun
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ren·i·tent   (rěn'ĭ-tənt, rĭ-nīt'nt)   
adj.  

  1. Resistant to physical pressure; not pliant.

  2. Reluctant to yield or be swayed; recalcitrant.


[Latin renītēns, renītent-, present participle of renītī, to resist : re-, re- + nītī, to press forward.]
ren'i·tence, ren'i·ten·cy n.
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