Definition of RECALCITRANCE

recalcitrance

Meanings

Plural: recalcitrances

Noun

  • the trait of being unmanageable
  • The state of being recalcitrant.

Origin / Etymology

In use since at least 1856 (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, published 1985). From French récalcitrance.

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