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renitent(dictionary)

renitent (iou)



renitent adjective. Now rare. E18.
[French renitent, later from Latin renitent- pres. ppl stem of reniti struggle against, resist: see -ENT.]
Offering physical resistance; resisting pressure, hard. E18.
Recalcitrant, reluctant. M19.