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recalcitrance

NOUN
defiance
Synonyms
STRONG
affront audacity boldness bravado brazenness call cartel challenge command confrontation contempt contrariness contumacy dare despite effrontery gas guts impudence insolence insubordination insurgence insurgency intractableness lip muster opposition order perversity provocation rebellion rebelliousness recalcitrancy revolt sass spite stump summons temerity unruliness
WEAK
back talk big talk defy enjoinder factiousness hot air impugnment throwing of the gauntlet
Antonyms
STRONG
answer calm care caution cowardice fear harmony humility love modesty peace respect timidity
NOUN
unruliness
Synonyms
STRONG
assertiveness disorderliness fractiousness heedlessness impetuousness imprudence impulsiveness intractability intractableness lawlessness obstinacy obstreperousness orneriness perverseness rebelliousness recalcitrancy recklessness refractoriness wildness willfulness
WEAK
indocility intemperanc obstinateness uncontrollability uncontrollableness ungovernableness unmanageability untowardness waywardness

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