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recalcitrance
noun as in defiance
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- 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
noun as in unruliness
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Example Sentences
In a 427-page ruling, the judge cited a “continued recalcitrance” by the agency’s Provider Investigations unit to conduct thorough, accurate and timely probes of allegations of abuse, neglect and exploitation.
Frequently front row, camera in hand, at local shows, Peterson didn’t just capture the recalcitrance and intensity of the era’s underground rock scene, his aesthetic choices accentuated it.
Congress, by contrast, has failed miserably, in my view, with most Republicans becoming Trump apologists or facilitators and most Democrats lacking the strategic or oratorical skill to overcome that recalcitrance.
As one example of the department’s recalcitrance, the committee has repeatedly prodded HHS over whether it has a policy of referring known gang member migrants to the Justice Department for further action.
Last weekend’s election in Slovakia, where pro-Russia candidate Robert Fico was the big winner, and Hungary’s continued recalcitrance to fully back Ukraine have cast increasing shadows on Europe’s commitment.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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