uncomplying
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In this they were deceived; and his firmness and uncomplying integrity is supposed to have accelerated his fall.
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 by S. C. (Stephen Cullen) Carpenter
The law commandeth mercy, not compliance: And thus for mercy's sake he's uncomplying.
From Nathan the Wise; a dramatic poem in five acts by William Taylor
But Súdáveh still kept in view her own design, and still laboring for its success, sedulously read her own incantations to prevent disappointment, at any rate to punish the uncomplying youth if she failed.
From The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 1 by Richard James Horatio Gottheil
On these terms they lived; and their character, influenced accordingly, was watchful, suspicious, and timid—yet obstinate, uncomplying, and skilful in evading the dangers to which they were exposed.
From Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
Adj. refusing &c. v.; restive, restiff|; recusant; uncomplying, unconsenting; not willing to hear of, deaf to. refused &c. v.; ungranted, out of the question, not to be thought of, impossible.
From Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
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