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recalcitrate

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Verb (intransitive)
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re=cal=ci=trate

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb recalcitrate has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

recalcitratev. t. 
     To kick against; to show repugnance to; to rebuff.  [1913 Webster]
    "The more heartily did one disdain his disdain, and recalcitrate his tricks."  [1913 Webster]
recalcitratev. i. 
     To kick back; to kick against anything; hence, to express repugnance or opposition.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

recalcitrate

Resistance

VB resist, not submit, repugn, reluct, reluctate, withstand, stand up against, strive against, bear up under, bear up against, be proof against, make head against, stand, stand firm, stand one's ground, stand the brunt of, stand out, hold one's grounds, hold one's own, hold out, hold firm, breast the wave, breast the current, stem the tide, stem the torrent, face, confront, grapple with, show a bold front, present a front, make a stand, take one's stand, kick, kick against, recalcitrate, kick against the pricks, oppose, fly in the face of, lift the hand against, rise up in arms, strike, turn out, draw up a round robin, revolt, make a riot, prendre le mors aux dents, take the bit between the teeth, sell one's life dearly, die hard, keep at bay, repel, repulse.

Recoil

VB recoil, react, spring back, fly back, bounce back, bound back, rebound, reverberate, repercuss, recalcitrate, echo, ricochet.

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